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In a way I envy people reading this book for the first time, but there is no doubt one also get something new out of it with each reread because Dunnett has so much going on.
Reread. Oh, Lymond.
This book demands a lot from its reader: the plot is twisty and intricate and at times even confusing; the prose is laden with allusion and song and a great deal of untranslated Latin and French. At the same time, it's a thrilling swashbuckling capital R-Romantic romp. And oh, the characters. Oh, Lymond.
I am impressed anew by how Dunnett builds him up into this impossible, larger-than-life figure: the most clever, the most calculating, the greatest leader of men, the unbeatabl ...more
This book demands a lot from its reader: the plot is twisty and intricate and at times even confusing; the prose is laden with allusion and song and a great deal of untranslated Latin and French. At the same time, it's a thrilling swashbuckling capital R-Romantic romp. And oh, the characters. Oh, Lymond.
I am impressed anew by how Dunnett builds him up into this impossible, larger-than-life figure: the most clever, the most calculating, the greatest leader of men, the unbeatabl ...more
I read Dunnett's 6 book series every February to commemorate my first encounter with her brilliant creation. The Game of Kings is the first book of the Lymond Chronicles, named after her anti-hero Frances Crawford of Lymond. With consummate skill, Dunnett has created a fiercely intelligent, complex, passionate adventure that is such thrilling and addictive fun. The exploits of Lymond are larger than life, always vivid, and as hilarious as they are heartbreaking. Spanning the countries of Scotlan
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Made me write 'Mrs. Master of Culter' all over my Trapper Keeper. .../what/.
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Jul 09, 2009
Cindy
marked it as did-not-finish
I'm going to have to give this another try when my life isn't quite so hectic. 16th century Scottish dialogue does not make for easy reading.
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Feb 14, 2011
Heron
marked it as to-read
Apparently super-sexy? Anyone read it?
It can't be easy to create a legend, but Dorothy Dunnett does just that. The legendary Lymond is so believably grandiose, cultured, witty, charming and damned, even by Tudor/Stewart standards, that he reigns in your head as a sort of anti-heroic Peter Wimsey long after the book ends. The sixteenth century details are exquisitely accurate, but unobtrusively woven into the narrative in a way that gives the Scottish and English setting full texture and depth.
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Jun 23, 2009
Red Fields
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Maggie
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Gary
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