num_pages: 432
description: This second book in the legendary  Lymond Chronicles  follows Francis Crawford of Lymond who has been abruptly called into the service of Mary Queen of Scots.Though she is only a little girl, the Queen is already the object of malicious intrigues that extend from her native country to the court of France. It is to France that Lymond must travel, exercising his sword hand and his agile wit while also undertaking the most unlikely of masquerades, all to make sure that his charge's royal person stays intact.
language: English
title: Queens' Play
titlecomplete: Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2)
characters: Thomas Erskine, Diane de Poitiers, Francis Crawford of Lymond, François de Guise, Catherine de Medici, Richard Crawford, Henri II of France, Phelim O'LiamRoe, Oonagh O'Dwyer, Anne de Montmorency, Piedar Dooly, Robin Stewart, Mary of Guise, Queen of Scots, Mary, Queen of Scots
genres: Adventure, France, Historical, Fantasy, Adult, Scotland, Romance, Historical Fiction, 16th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 4529
places: France, London, England
series: The Lymond Chronicles
publisher: Vintage