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Part of Dorothy Dunnett's series that explores the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wild, heart-rending quest is at the centre of this book. While it would help to have read the 3 previous books in the Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett has rendered life in the Mediterranean 450 years ago so vividly that the book is gripping from the start. The climax of the book is absorbing and intricate. If you like your novels dense with quotations and accurate details, you'll love Dunnett.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
And in some ways the most gut-wrenching. Lymond has left behind Scotland, his family and - he thinks - his friends, for a dangerous quest to find a child in the Ottoman empire and bring him back. But there are numerous enemies, and many trails, and danger is not always where he thinks it is.
Foe some people Lymond might be at his most high-handed and arrogant in this book, but the revelations as they come, mount up to give us an ever clearer and increasingly complex picture of the man he is.
His choice in the live game of chess is perhaps one of the most brilliant scenes depicted in any novel and will haunt you for a long time - as it haunts Lymond and his companions for the rest of the series.
Sheer brilliance!
Foe some people Lymond might be at his most high-handed and arrogant in this book, but the revelations as they come, mount up to give us an ever clearer and increasingly complex picture of the man he is.
His choice in the live game of chess is perhaps one of the most brilliant scenes depicted in any novel and will haunt you for a long time - as it haunts Lymond and his companions for the rest of the series.
Sheer brilliance!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My personal favourite of the six Lymond novels, Pawn in Frankincense sweeps its charismatic hero and the reader through Europe, North Africa and Greece to Istanbul and a Sultan's harem. You will never forget Francis Crawford of Lymond or the chilling game of 'live chess' that forms the centrepiece of this book, with people playing the roles of the chess pieces, death as the punishment for capture, and Lymond's most evil enemy as the opponent. Deepest tragedy is blended with adventure and suspense, with a lacing of humour and just a touch of the supernatural.
PS - You don't need to play or understand chess to enjoy this novel, but reading the first three books in the series, Game of Kings, Queens' Play and The Disorderly Knights will help you enjoy it even more, particularly The Disorderly Knights, which sets up many of the characters you will meet in Pawn in Frankincense.
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