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| The Game of Kings (Lymond Chronicles, 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dorothy Dunnett
Publisher: Vintage Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 19959
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 543
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0679777431
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780679777434
ASIN: 0679777431
Publication Date: April 29, 1997
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 Couldn't Deal July 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am an avid reader of all kinds of books and have an advanced degree in literature and I have to say, this book was just TOO MUCH WORK. It seems like there was a grand plot in there somewhere, and I know people love this series, but I simply couldn't follow it -- with the arcane vocab and extensive use of untranslated foreign languages...sure, I'd slog through it if it were a class assignment, but after 200 pages of wondering if I'd had a head injury which wiped out my reading comprehension skills, I gave up.
 Premeire of a Great Series May 9, 2008
The Lymond Chronicles are the most amazing series of historical fiction I've ever read. And I've read a lot of historical fiction. Dunnett does a brilliant job of developing a complex story line that you can read over and over and still discover links in the chain.
Game of Kings introduces us to Lymond, the brilliant young Renaissance man who is always trying to explain himself to people who not only don't understand him, but that don't understand how his mind works. But Dunnett does a masterful job of both keeping us in suspense about Lymond's motives while at the same time creating a sympathetic character.
Read this book--it won't disappoint. Then read the rest of the series--they won't disappoint either.
The first of a wonderful historical series May 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have just finished the last of the six - Checkmate. I was gripped from the first - Game of Kings. The writing is stunning, the plots complex and very exciting and the hero, Francis Crawford, is mesmerising. I highly recommend all six to anyone who is fond of historical fiction. The stories are all set in amongst genuine characters and events over a period of 10 years in the middle of the 16th C starting in Scotland with the young Mary Queen of Scots but taking in history and politics during that same period in England, Russia, Malta, Turkey and France. The personal stories of Francis, his family and friends/enemies are twisted through the whole in a wonderfully witty, moving and fascinating manner. To start with I was slightly daunted by the detail but persist - the rewards are great.
I kept waiting for this book to get good April 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the reviewers who have rated this book poorly. It was so boring. I truly kept waiting for the book to get good because I really wanted to like it. I finally put it down with 50 pages left -- at that point I knew it was not getting any better. I was actually relieved to start a new book. The Game of Kings is not worth the time, money, or painstaking effort.
Behind Every Great Man....... April 4, 2008
Believe all the reviews that say that this is a difficult read. Unless you are an Oxford Scholar (which I am not), this is not an easy read. I had to read the first 100 pages twice before I could finally get into this book and somewhat understand what was going on but once I did, I must admit this was a delightful book. I have read tons and tons of books and there are very few that I could name that kept the adventure rolling. I devoured the pages quickly in order to see what trouble Lymond was getting himself into and how he was going to get himself out of them.
I really enjoyed Lymond as the anti-hero but I must secretly admit that my hero was his mother, Lady Sybilla. I guess the saying is true, BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A GREAT WOMAN. You read this story and decide if this is true.
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