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Checkmate

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5 out of 5
Based on 3,491 Ratings and 331 Reviews

Book Description
The grand finale to Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles, "Checkmate" finds Francis Crawford returning to France to lead an army against England. But even as the soldier-scholar succeeds brilliantly on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to forces in both the French and English courts. "Checkmate" is a masterly evocation of the intrigue and pageantry of sixteenth... More
Book Information
PublisherBuccaneer Books Inc
BindingHardcover (18 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages425
ISBN-100899663192
ISBN-13978-0899663197
Publication Date12/1983
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About Dorothy Dunnett (Author) : Dorothy Dunnett is a published author. Some of the published credits of Dorothy Dunnett include The Game of Kings, Checkmate, King Hereafter.
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