Dorothy Dunnett
Paperback | Pages: 521 pages Rating: 4.58 | 3089 Users | 163 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0679777474 (ISBN13: 9780679777472) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Lymond Chronicles #5 |
| Characters: | John Dee, Ivan the Terrible, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, Richard Crawford, Philippa Somerville, Güzel, Richard Chancellor, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, Mary I of England |
| Setting: | Moscow, Russia,1554 Scotland,1554 London, England,1554(United Kingdom) |
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For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Fifth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, The Ringed Castle leaps from Mary Tudor's England to the barbaric Russia of Ivan the Terrible. Francis Crawford of Lymond moves to Muscovy, where he becomes advisor and general to the half-mad tsar. Yet even as Lymond tries to civilize a court that is still frozen in the attitudes of the Middle Ages, forces in England conspire to enlist this infinitely useful man in their own schemes.
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| Title | : | The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles #5) |
| Author | : | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 521 pages |
| Published | : | September 2nd 1997 by Vintage (first published 1971) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Scotland. Adventure |
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Ratings: 4.58 From 3089 Users | 163 ReviewsCriticism Appertaining To Books The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles #5)
Number 5 in the Lymond Chronicles. Please read the previous four before you start RC. Please.It took me a little while to settle into this 5th volume of the Lymond Chronicles, after the story arc that had done most to drive the last two volumes had come to a devastating conclusion. I knew that there was a story behind that story that must play out, that the big questions that underpin this whole sequence of novels had to be answered and that those two things were in all probability linked; but I needed time to adjust to such a dramatic shift, and to new directions that were intriguing
I remember this book as being the one where you have to slog through a lot of Russian things to get to the "good" parts, which are Philippa coming into her own in the French, Scottish, and English courts. I am beginning to believe that Dunnett actually wrote these books about Philippa, she just didn't know that's what she wanted to do until a couple of books in. Philippa's a much more compelling character than Lymond.However, on a less-Philippa-centric reread, the Russia parts are actually quite
The fifth book in the very excellent historical series of The Lymond Chronicles. What makes this book so compelling? Well the chinks are starting to appear in the near impregnable armour of Lymond. All is due to the very strong presence of his "wife in name only" Philippa. It's satisfying to see Philippa come into her own here and match Lymond word for word.This is a wonderful book in it's own right. Worthy characters, a convoluted and intriguing plot. Perhaps more subdued than previous books,
After the devastating consequences of Pawn in Frankincense Dunnett seems to give the reader a reprieve. The penultimate book in the Lymond Chronicles moves at a markedly slower pace to begin. Still plenty of danger, yet Lymond has changed into his most aloof and is icy in the extreme. Is this to his benefit or detriment now he is a big fish in a small pond? Is he coldly calculating and seemingly indiffent to others but his Tsar during his military leadership? Is he irrevocably damaged, lacking
5 stars for the hope for Lymond.
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