num_pages: 543
description: 'The trouble about Mr Crawford is that he puts up with his enemies and plays merry hell with his friends'Summer, 1551, and Francis Crawford of Lymond is in Malta to assist the Knights of St John defend the island from an invading Turkish fleet. But under a weak leader there is dissension in the ranks of the Knights - and the chances of repelling invasion look slim.Here Lymond meets Knight Grand Cross Graham Reid Malett - known as Gabriel - a fellow Scot famed for his virtues. It is soon clear that Gabriel's wiles in war and intrigue rival Lymond's own as he attempts to bring his new comrade in arms into the bosom of his scheming.And if Gabriel should fail then his sister, Joleta, whose seductive charms no man can resist is waiting to prevail.Caught between warring factions and nations, between the wiles of Gabriel and the lascivious charms of Joleta, will Lymond prove strong enough to remain his own man?'Romance in the grand manner. I recommend it for your delight' Sunday Times'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' The Guardian
language: English
title: The Disorderly Knights
titlecomplete: The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles, #3)
characters: Richard Crawford, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Graham Reid Malett, Kate Somerville, Sybilla, Gabriel de Luetz, Joleta Reid Malett, Jerott Blyth, Mariotta, Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, Juan de Homedes, Philippa Somerville, Oonagh O'Dwyer
genres: Historical Romance, Fiction, Audiobook, Scotland, Fantasy, Historical, 16th Century, Romance, Historical Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 3922
places: Malta, Scotland, Tripoli
series: The Lymond Chronicles
publisher: Penguin UK