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Book Review of The Game of Kings (Lymond Chronicles, Bk 1)

The Game of Kings (Lymond Chronicles, Bk 1)
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In 1547 Scotland has been humiliated by an English invasion and is threatened by machinations elsewhere beyond its borders, but it stil is free. Paradoxically, her freedom may depend on a man who stands accused of treason. He is Francis Crawford of Lymond, a scapegrace nobleman of crooked felicities and murderous talents, possessed of a scholar's erudition and a tongue as wicked as a rapier. In the Game of Kings this extraordinary antihero returns to the country that has outlawed him, to reddem his reputation even at the risk of his own life.