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Checkmate

Dorothy Dunnett

1975·581 pages

Part of Lymond Chronicles series

Historical Fiction Romance

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.

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Checkmate

Dorothy Dunnett

Part of Lymond Chronicles series

Year

1975

Pages

581

Historical Fiction Romance

Description

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.

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