false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173991384m/351198.jpg 351198 15 For the first time Dunnett's <i>Lymond Chronicles</i> are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.<br><br>Fifth in the legendary <i>Lymond Chronicles</i>, <b>The Ringed Castle</b> leaps 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. 5879180 book 1971 The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles, #5) total:393|5:245|4:102|3:42|2:3|1:1| 393 1766 533 22 5 1 false false Mon May 21 19:57:48 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 08 18:55:48 -0700 2008
However, on a less-Philippa-centric reread, the Russia parts are actually ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:24:59 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:25:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 12 07:32:15 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 04 04:28:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Apr 18 14:45:46 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 12:05:24 -0700 2007
The story follow Fr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 04 14:06:45 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 14:07:24 -0700 2007 Pawn in Frankincense (though I find myself at a loss to imagine what book could be), I still enjoyed this an awful lot. The sections in Russia dragged a bit for me, both because I didn't find the atmosphere/surroundings delineated as vividly as I'm used to in Dunnett's works,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 10:48:56 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:50:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:43:25 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:45:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 10:01:37 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 10:01:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jul 05 18:39:54 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 18:48:22 -0700 2007 The Ringed Castle has Francis Crawford of Lymond tilting at
windmills in Ivan the Terrible's Russia and pursuing various negotiations at the court of Queen Mary in England. Brilliant stuff, once again. Dunnett also strung me along once again, I fell for all h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 28 11:00:51 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 11:00:51 -0700 2008
This book also has one of the most dynamic moments of the series. Where Lymond finally falls in love. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat Jan 19 11:44:11 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 11:47:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 04 04:05:43 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 04:08:38 -0700 2008 There is an author's note at the front that says: "The verses of the Song of Baida have been translated from the Ukranian for this book by Yaroslav Baran."
That is the sort of detail that Dunnett puts into these books and why the series is a rem...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 00:29:26 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 03:01:37 -0700 2008 More than once. The man is mad, really.

Oh Philippa. ♥ ]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 21 07:54:12 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 26 09:25:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 19 08:59:16 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 09:22:53 -0700 2008 dorothy dunnett are my absolute favorite. nothing different to say about them; together, they will take you off the planet for a full summer and just might re-direct your life, as they did mine.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 23 20:00:20 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 20:15:13 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 22 16:59:36 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 17:01:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 06 22:15:20 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 22:17:36 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 09 22:44:53 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 09 22:45:44 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Dec 24 20:01:17 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 20:02:25 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=351198