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December 28th 1983
by Buccaneer Books, Inc.
(first published 1969)
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Hardcover, 425 pages
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0899663214
(isbn13: 9780899663210)
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For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.
Pawn in Frankincense is the fourth in …more
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Read in January, 2008
Pawn in Frankincense opens up shortly after the end of The Disorderly Knights, as Jerrott and Philippa track down Lymond on his search to find Francis' child, stolen by renegade Knight Graham Reed Malett and hidden somewhere in the heart of the Ottoman Empire. Francis uses his position as an emissary of France delivering gifts to Suleiman the Magnificent as an entrée into the mysterious world of the east as he and his companions continue their desperate search for Lymond's son. However, the del...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommended to Elizabeth by:
Sherwood Smith, Ellen Kushner
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Well, I keep changing my mind about which of these books is my favorite. This one comes up more often than others, though, so I think this may just be It.
In this book, Lymond finally squares off with Gabriel. Of course, there are plenty of enigmas, traps, and red herrings along the way, before everyone finally ends up in Istabul (Byzantium, Constantinople, or Stamboul, depending on where and when you are in the book.)
This features one of the best exchanges between Lymond ...more
In this book, Lymond finally squares off with Gabriel. Of course, there are plenty of enigmas, traps, and red herrings along the way, before everyone finally ends up in Istabul (Byzantium, Constantinople, or Stamboul, depending on where and when you are in the book.)
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This book introduces Phillippa, girl adventurer, determined to make up for her past bad behavior by finding Lymond's lost child. However, she is joined by some of the regular cast and a new character, a mysterious woman who is disturbingly similar to Lymond. The entire book is a game as the cast dashes from exotic destination to the next, unsure if they are the pursuer or being toyed with. Lymond is finally faced with a horrific choice and is it unclear if he will be able to recover.
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Read in April, 2005
recommends it for:
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The Lymond Chronicles books are quite possibly my all-time favorite books, or at least as an adult. There are six thoroughly-researched novels in the series, and each outdoes its predecessor in weaving historic details, compelling characters, and gripping plot twists.
The story follow Francis Crawford of Lymond, a minor Scottish nobleman, through adventures that take him from his native land to England, France, Malta, Greece, North Africa, Russia, and finally back home to Scotland. A...more
The story follow Francis Crawford of Lymond, a minor Scottish nobleman, through adventures that take him from his native land to England, France, Malta, Greece, North Africa, Russia, and finally back home to Scotland. A...more
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Read in January, 2007
I've read many climactic sequences in novels which have made me feel tense or anxious, but none which made me feel physically ill, as happened in this case: that long, intense rollercoaster of a buildup to a denouement, which, well. Let's just say that even though I finished the book hours ago, I still cannot think about it too closely--it's much too raw.
I do not want to say too much about this, because I want many people to read this book, and I want them to do so unspoiled. Suffice...more
I do not want to say too much about this, because I want many people to read this book, and I want them to do so unspoiled. Suffice...more
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Read in February, 2009
I have NEVER read poetry so obscure that Googling it doesn't turn up at all. I can now paraphrase the Koran's injunctions on left-handed people, recite the names and succession of upto ten of the 16th century Grand Masters of the Hospitaller Knights, use the word 'corybantic' in conversation, and probably even play a little bit of chess. And for all that, my god, the book still took my heart out and ate it. I hate Lymond. HATE him.
Oh Jerott Blyth, I love you, though.
Oh Jerott Blyth, I love you, though.
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Read in January, 2010
The fourth book in the "Lymond Chronicles", again D. Dunnett takes you for a ride. The characters are traveling through 16th Century Mediterranean searching for a hidden child and Graham Reid Malett, Grand Cross of Grace of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John's order. This story was visceral to say the least. Lymond, the hero who won't act like one for the general public but is one none the less, has the capability for compassion but doesn't allow many to observe or experience it, k...more
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Read in January, 2004
And I thought the first three books were rough. No book kicked the sense out of me the way this book did. I was a complete mess while, during and after reading it, and yet I can't recommend it more.
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Good, it's very well written in that, you think you know what's going to happen, but you'll be wrong!
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Read in March, 2006
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Read 1/1-3/12/06, 2/7-2/9/05
Pawn in Frankincense sees Francis Crawford of Lymond on a
desperate quest in North Africa and Turkey at the height of
the Ottoman Empire. As I was warned, these books just keep
getting better. Dunnett does a stunning job of revealing the layers in her characters and dragging the reader through it all.I actually had to stop reading this one last night for a bit, so upset was I on Lymond's behalf. An excellent book - high adventure and complex chara...more
Pawn in Frankincense sees Francis Crawford of Lymond on a
desperate quest in North Africa and Turkey at the height of
the Ottoman Empire. As I was warned, these books just keep
getting better. Dunnett does a stunning job of revealing the layers in her characters and dragging the reader through it all.I actually had to stop reading this one last night for a bit, so upset was I on Lymond's behalf. An excellent book - high adventure and complex chara...more
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Fourth in the Lymond Chronicles. This is not a series of books that you can jump around in, so start with number one.
I did have to say that the end of this book is the most disturbing scene I have ever read. But not disturbing in terms of gore or fear. Not that, but rather disturbing because of the emotional tension. Lymond has a choice to make. A choice so terrible that I wasn't sure he could survive it. And I loved him for how doing it.
This is also the first book ...more
I did have to say that the end of this book is the most disturbing scene I have ever read. But not disturbing in terms of gore or fear. Not that, but rather disturbing because of the emotional tension. Lymond has a choice to make. A choice so terrible that I wasn't sure he could survive it. And I loved him for how doing it.
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As Dorothy Dunnett's masterful series continues so does Francis Crawfords journey of adventure, daring, danger and so much more.
Francis Crawford of Lymond, soldier of fortune and the exiled heir of Scottish nobility, is searching for a child hidden somewhere in the Ottoman Empire while ostensibly engaged on a mission to the Turkish Sultan. At stake is a pawn in a cutthroat game whose gambits include treason, enslavement, and murder.
The chess scene at the end was one of the most excit...more
Francis Crawford of Lymond, soldier of fortune and the exiled heir of Scottish nobility, is searching for a child hidden somewhere in the Ottoman Empire while ostensibly engaged on a mission to the Turkish Sultan. At stake is a pawn in a cutthroat game whose gambits include treason, enslavement, and murder.
The chess scene at the end was one of the most excit...more
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Read in September, 2009
The overdosing of detailed description is beginning to get to me-but it is a rollicking good tale of derring-do.
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Read in September, 2009
I am finishing up Pawn in Frankincense this afternoon. It is a heart-wrenching story with so much sadness and evil done to children and adults both. I just don't know how DD could write such a story as an adventure or even imagine it as part of her literary legacy. It is too real and painful. I know such horror exists and is stil perpetrated on the innocent, but I never expected to read it in a book that is supposed to be part of an adventure series.
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Read in March, 2008
I have a feeling that I won't get enough sleep until I finish the whole series. I can't remember how many late nights I spent reading the books -- I can't tear myself away from them.
I adore Philippa; such a sensible girl.
But ouch. Parts in this one just tore my heart out and carefully sliced it to pieces. Some of the things done and the choices made just left me reeling. Oh man.
I adore Philippa; such a sensible girl.
But ouch. Parts in this one just tore my heart out and carefully sliced it to pieces. Some of the things done and the choices made just left me reeling. Oh man.
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Read in January, 1970
Even after the fifth read of this book several years ago, the question "Which child?" is still unanswered. Dunnett at the top of her form uncovering level after level. I am eagerly waiting for the weather to warm up, so I can dig through the boxes in the garage to find my Dunnett collection. I was very disappointed when my youngest, an avid reader, was just not interested in the series.
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Having now read the entire Lymond series, I can say with certainty that this is my favorite installment: it's just a roller coaster of emotional and physical turmoil all the way through, and I mean that in the best way possible. As for the climatic chess game: I'm still sweating. This is the best thing I read all...whatever year that was. 2004, I think.
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Read in September, 2007
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Perhaps not as good as Disorderly Knights but much easier to read than the first two books in the Lymond series -- I think Dorothy Dunnett was coming down off her high horse. As with all the Lymond books: very painful but worth it.
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