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The Ringed Castle

The Lymond Chronicles seriesbook 5 of 6Next:Checkmate(1975) →

For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chroniclesare available in the United States in quality paperback editions.

Fifth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, The Ringed Castleleaps 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.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 521 pages

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