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  • The Lymond Chronicles, Book 1
  • Written by: Dorothy Dunnett
  • Narrated by: David Monteath
  • Length: 21 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Written by: Dorothy Dunnett
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, read by David Monteath.

It is 1547 and, after five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - has at last come back to Edinburgh.

But for many in an already divided Scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant Queen Mary like clouds of midges, he is not welcome.

Lymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strife.

Is he back to foment rebellion?

Does he seek revenge on those who banished him?

Or has he returned to clear his name?

No one but the enigmatic Lymond himself knows the truth - and no one will discover it until he is ready....
©1961 Dorothy Dunnett (P)2018 Penguin Audio
Historical Literature & Fiction
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Engaging, but...

...so full of obscure references and untranslated foreign quotations, it might very well be better listened to after having read it at least once on paper.

But the Scottish accents were a delight to listen to.

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Gripping

Still rereading these 6 books 4 decades later. Enjoying the AUDIBLE version that much more.

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