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    <body><![CDATA[Number : 14<br/>Read 8/30/06-2/11/07, 2/16-2/20/05<br/>Checkmate finishes the amazing tale of Francis Crawford<br/>of Lymond in breath-taking, stunning and wonderous fashion.<br/>The book is set in France and almost anything else I could<br/>possibly say plot-wise would be a spoiler. Instead, I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2754291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It seems that Francis Crawford of Lymond, hero of Dunnett's 6-volume Lymond Chronicles, can no longer speak in plain English. Instead, he uses flowery epigrams or quotes obscure French poetry (with no translation and, often, no contextual reference).<br/><br/>Entirely too much of the narration in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77464680">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The final book in the Lymond Chronicles and a spectacular finish! Checkmate opens as Lymond and his band of mercenaries leave England behind and travel to France to serve the French King in his battles with King Phillip. As Lymond is still set upon returning to Russia King Henri offers Lymond the an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30680667">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Do not listen to anyone who tells you that this book is the best of the six. It isn't. (I think we've all agreed that Pawn was.) However, to devotees of the books it will <em>seem</em> like the best, because it's the one with the (relatively) Happy Ending. If you read any of the reviews online they all say t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1354521">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The final book of the Lymond Chronicles, by far DD's greatest book, and <em>the best book I have ever read.</em><br/><br/>This is Lymond and Phillipa's love story.  It is also Lymond's redemption and the resolution of the question of his parentage and issues with his mother.   He is a man with more burdens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28518389">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[No I won't swap my copy! I re-read it annually. It's a superb,  if emotional, finale to a wonderful series, packed with thrilling action, vibrant characterisation and lightly-worn erudition. <br/>Set in 16th century Europe - particularly Scotland and France -   the Lymond Chronicles (which start wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19438949">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably the least impressive of the entire series, but I love it anyway because at this point, a little bit of closure is necessary to stop up the emotional mess you have become.  Also Adam gets a happy ending.  Yeah Adam. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Initially I was going to rate it lower, but it doesn't deserve a three. Not because it was bad -- I loved it (most of the time!), and I liked how everything was resolved, except that sometimes I felt like all possible romance clichés got thrown into this one. <br/><br/>And the angst! Oh the angst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18267188">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this author of historical fiction. Her writing got me interested in English history. I came upon another author, Thomas Costain who wrote fiction as well as history. I actually checked out books from the library written by him and read the real thing about English times, mostly from the 1200'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53276619">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorites.  The denouement was awesome! And everyone got what they deserved. By this time, I was starting to understand better what Dunnett was doing with the chapter heading quotes, and when I bought the Companion, even more things became clear.  It was the first book I ever purc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13169432">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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