false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg 112080 17 5879135 book 1964 Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2) total:495|5:266|4:168|3:58|2:2|1:1| 495 2181 662 35 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:39:42 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:40:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 1 false Mon May 14 14:29:50 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:25:39 -0800 2009 Queens' Play, in which young Francis Crawford of Lymond continues in a much more visible manner the dramatic self-flagellation which was mostly hidden in the first book, The Game of Kings, is a highly satisfying book. Dorothy Dunnett, through her tortured too-brilliant Lymond, leaves gilded bread c...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 3 0 false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Mar 13 21:04:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:06:16 -0700 2009
Compelling read for the political machinations, even if I don't quite believe in the protagonist. It's the superhero aspect I can't identify with. Brilliant fencer, wrestler, best musician ever heard, linguist, lover, leader, strategist...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 4 0 false Sun Sep 20 16:11:33 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 15:01:12 -0700 2009 2+ more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 0 false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 29 01:01:59 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 01:08:07 -0700 2009 After the first in the series The Game of Kings, Queen's Play is not set in Scotland, but at the Court of Henry II. of France. Lymond is there, assigned by the Queen Dowager, to prot...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jun 04 16:31:30 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 16:32:48 -0700 2007 Queen's Play deepened my belief that Dunnett was writing the Lymond Chronicles just for me. Because not only did it have the same wonderful dialogue and attention to historical detail, the same wit and Byzantine plotting as The Game of Kings, this one had Irish characters. Or, to be more specific, i...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 23:49:47 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 23:49:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 4 0 false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 18 14:39:49 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:09:42 -0800 2009
The story follow Fr...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 0 false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 08:02:22 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 19:57:30 -0700 2009 The Game of Kings. Lymond continues to be a charming, arrogant, brilliant spy/sot/courtier/master of disguise (oh, Thady Boy!) Essentially the James Bond of the 16th Century.

And this time, Our Hero must protect Mary, child Queen of Scotland, from a complicated ass...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 3 0 false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 20:28:08 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 18:59:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 0 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 05 18:55:20 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 18:55:44 -0700 2007 Queen's Play continues the story of Francis Crawford of Lymond, a Scottish noble of the 16th century. This installment occurs mostly in France as Lymond plays a dangerous game of false identity to protect the child Queen Mary of Scotland. Political intruige abounds,...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 0 false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 03 04:32:01 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 11 07:02:49 -0700 2009 1 The Game of Kings; not sure whether it's because I got used to the style or the book suddenly became more readable. (Hey, I wasn't desperately reaching...more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 4 0 false Mon Sep 21 08:06:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 08:07:54 -0700 2009 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Dec 09 11:11:13 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 13:11:12 -0800 2009 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 3 0 false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 07:30:12 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 08:10:43 -0700 2009 6909971 0099949407 9780099949404 0 1 4.41 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6909971-queens-play 0 0 false Fri Sep 25 22:33:36 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 22:33:36 -0700 2009 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 3 0 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Feb 14 13:47:48 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 13:48:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 19:28:37 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:54:45 -0800 2009 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 4 0 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Jun 11 22:30:11 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 16:40:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 112080 067977744X 9780679777441 484 34 4.41 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655534m/112080.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112080.Queens_Play 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1970 Sat Jan 12 12:32:15 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 07:51:29 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=112080