Queens' Play
The Lymond Chronicles Book Two
$44.50
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
25 February 1999
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140282405 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140282408 |
| Author: | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 132mm x 33mm |
| Series: | The Lymond Chronicles |
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About The Author
Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett is the author of the Lymond Chronicles and the ongoing 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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