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| Title | : | Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles #6) |
| Author | : | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 581 pages |
| Published | : | September 2nd 1997 by Vintage (first published 1975) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Scotland |
Dorothy Dunnett
Paperback | Pages: 581 pages Rating: 4.7 | 3158 Users | 234 Reviews
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For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions. Sixth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Checkmate takes place in 1557, where Francis Crawford of Lymond is once again in France, leading an army against England. But even as the Scots adventurer succeeds brilliantly on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to forces on both sides.Particularize Books To Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles #6)
| Original Title: | Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles, #6) |
| ISBN: | 0679777482 (ISBN13: 9780679777489) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lymond Chronicles #6 |
| Characters: | Nostradamus, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Mary Queen of Scots, Richard Crawford, Jerott Blyth, Sybilla, Philippa Somerville, Marthe, Piero Strozzi, William Grey |
| Setting: | Lyon,1557(France) Paris,1557(France) England,1558 |
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Ratings: 4.7 From 3158 Users | 234 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles #6)
The Lymond Chronicles are the most intricately plotted novels I have read by any author, ever. Your IQ will go up 10 points if you can read them and keep straight everything that is going on!Also, Dunnett's characters are very convincing and so three-dimensional. Lymond is as enigmatic and infuriating as a hero can come. The villains aren't just cardboard bad guys, they are really human and they are even scarier because of that.I really don't remember the individual books well enough to say thatThis was a great finish to the series. Dunnett wields her pen like a knife, and if she waxes flowery on occasion, one can forgive her for the imagery she builds is so vivid you can't help but be sucked in. She's not afraid to use that knife to murder prominent characters, some of whom have been with us for quite some time...but always with surgical intent and driven by plot necessity. These are not killings a la George RR Martin, who especially recently has sometimes felt like he killed
It's already been over a day since I finished and I'm still hungover with Lymond-ness. Probably because I've been re-reading that last 10 pages or so over and over and over.How can I give less than 5 stars to a book that I read straight through in one sitting? Well, almost, I did sleep fitfully for 3 hours.Thank God that:1) Warning, this is a HUGE SPOILER: (view spoiler)[ Francis and Philippa get to be together FULLY! Such a happy and satisfying ending, despite the tragedy of Marthe. I think I'd
A wonderfully satisfying conclusion to an extremely convoluted and well plotted historical series The main character Francis Lymond was a tortured soul, an enigma but who lived by his own code of honour. An unforgettable hero more than capably matched by his young wife Philippa. In fact the whole cast of characters whether heroes or villains were so well drawn.One had to wonder after following Francis Lymond through all of his trials and political intrigue and across so many continents if he
When I reached the end of this book, the sixth and final volume of the Lymond Chronicles, I was emotionally drained and somewhat bereft, I had a head full of thoughts but little idea of what to say. Im not sure that I have much more idea now, but I am going to start writing and see what happens.I was lost not just because I had reached the end of a series of books, but because the world of that series of books was so vividly realised and the drama that was playing out in that world was so
It's been exactly a week since I finished this book and I still don't know what to say about it besides something incoherent while flapping my hands about and sobbing. THESE BOOKS, MY GOD. So instead I'll just plot summarize a bit: This book finds Lymond back in France after the events of book five. He wants to get back to Russia but instead agrees to stay in France for a year to help their campaign against the newly united Spanish and English. Thankfully, we're reunited with almost everyone I
Number : 14Read 8/30/06-2/11/07, 2/16-2/20/05Checkmate finishes the amazing tale of Francis Crawfordof Lymond in breath-taking, stunning and wonderous fashion.The book is set in France and almost anything else I couldpossibly say plot-wise would be a spoiler. Instead, I'll just rave and say that in a series of books where each one rated a 10, this one was perhaps the best. Lymond is the most fascinating of characters, surrounded by other intricately drawn characters. I can't recommend this
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