{"product_id":"9780140282382-checkmate","title":"Checkmate","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lymond Chronicles Book Six\u003cbr\u003ePart of the \"Lymond Chronicles\", Dorothy Dunnett's series of six novels, this text explores the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore George R. R. 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\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelodrama of the most magnificent kind' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943040364641,"sku":"9780140282382","price":14.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34358301_81e0f661-4d4d-4d62-b669-7d50e1195958.jpg?v=1747286884","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140282382-checkmate","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}