{"product_id":"lymond-chronicles-06-checkmate-paperback-by-dorothy-dunnett","title":"Lymond Chronicles 06 Checkmate Paperback by Dorothy Dunnett","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1999-02-02)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e592\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780140282382\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e481.95\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.81 x 12.7 x 4.37\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore George R. 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Martin there was Dorothy Dunnett \u003ci\u003e. . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PERFECT GIFT for fans of \u003ci\u003eA Game of Thrones.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'She is a brilliant story teller, \u003ci\u003eThe Lymond Chronicles \u003c\/i\u003ewill keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply about.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCheckmate \u003c\/i\u003eis the sixth and final book in the series \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-----------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If they place the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left and ask me to give up my mission, I will not give it up until the truth prevails or I myself perish in the attempt . . .'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1557 and legendary Scottish warrior Francis Crawford of Lymond is once more in France. There he is leading an army to rout the hated English from Calais. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet while Lymond seeks victory on the battlefield he is haunted by his troubled past - chiefly the truth about his origins and his marriage (in name only) to young Englishwoman Philippa Somerville. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the French offer him a way out of his marriage and his wife appears in France on a mission of her own, the final moves are made in a great game that has been playing out over an extraordinary decade of war, love and struggle - bringing the Lymond Chronicles to a spellbinding close.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece of historical fiction'  \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                 \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eMelodrama of the most magnificent kind' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eFrequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time, \u003cb\u003eDorothy Dunnett\u003c\/b\u003e earned worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for her two superb series of historical fiction - \u003ci\u003eThe Lymond Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Niccolo\u003c\/i\u003e - set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and ranging across Europe and the Mediterranean, and for \u003ci\u003eKing Hereafter\u003c\/i\u003e, the eleventh-century story of Earl Thorfinn of Orkney whom Dorothy believed was also King Macbeth. In 1992, Dorothy Dunnett was awarded the OBE for her services to literature, and in 2014 Dunnett's most enduring hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond, was voted Scotland's favourite literary character - beating the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Ivanhoe. 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