Queens’ Play (Lymond Chronicles, 2)

Historical Fiction

Author: Dorothy Dunnett

Second in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Queens’ Play follows Francis Crawford of Lymond who has been abruptly called into the service of Mary Queen of Scots. Though she is only a little girl, the Queen is already the object of malicious intrigues that extend from her native country to the court of France. It is to France that Lymond must travel, exercising his sword han….Read More

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