Queens' Play

The Lymond Chronicles Book Two

Author: Dorothy Dunnett Series: The Lymond Chronicles

Menaced by England and riven by internal discord, Scotland in 1548 clung to a single hope of survival as a nation and an alliance with France to be sealed by the betrothal of the five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin. But once in France, Mary suffers a series of ominous accidents.

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Menaced by England and riven by internal discord, Scotland in 1548 has only one hope for survival as a nation- an alliance with France to be sealed by the betrothal of the five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin. But once in France, Mary suffers a series of ominous 'accidents'. The one man Mary's mother, the Queen Dowager, feels that she can trust to protect her daughter, now seven, is Francis Crawford of Lymond. Despatched to France, Lymond embarks upon a nightmare game of hide-and-seek at the very heart of Henri II's glittering, decadent court. To expose the would-be assassin, he is ready to gamble his life, but does not foresee, as do his friends, what else he may lose. Queens' Play is part of the Lymond Chronicles. Other titles are- The Game of Kings; The Disorderly Knights; Pawn in Frankincense; The Ringed Castle; and Checkmate.

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“Praise for Dorothy Dunnett”

Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction New York Times Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety The Times One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas Cleveland Plain Dealer A masterpiece of historical fiction Washington Post Marvellous, breathtaking The Times A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention New York Times -

About the Author

Dorothy Dunnett is the author of the Lymond Chornicles and the on-going House of Niccolo series. She was awarded the OBE for her services to literature in 1992. She was married to the late Sir Alastair Dunnett, and lives in Edinburgh.

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'The crossroads may not be of your own seeking, but at least the road you choose will be your own' 1548 and seven-year-old Mary Queen of Scots, betrothed to her cousin the Dauphin, heir to the French throne, has been dispatched to France. But far from home and vulnerable, surrounded by the double-dealing and debauchery of a dangerous and unpredictable court, she suffers a series of 'accidents'. Her mother, Scotland's Queen Dowager, orders Francis Crawford of Lymond to protect Mary, believing that at the very heart of Henri II's glittering, decadent court is an assassin hired to kill the infant monarch. Lymond must secretly hunt down this individual before he himself is exposed . . . 'Vivid, engaging, densely plotted -- are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction' New York Times