num_pages: 581
description: For the first time Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are available in the United States in quality paperback editions.Sixth in the legendary Lymond Chronicles , Checkmate takes place in 1557, where Francis Crawford of Lymond is once again in France, leading an army against England. But even as the Scots adventurer succeeds brilliantly on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to forces on both sides.
language: English
title: Checkmate
titlecomplete: Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles, #6)
characters: Francis Crawford of Lymond, Sybilla, Richard Crawford, Jerott Blyth, Nostradamus, Piero Strozzi, William Grey, Philippa Somerville, Mary Queen of Scots, Marthe
genres: Adventure, Historical, France, Fantasy, Scotland, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 16th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 3572
places: England, Paris, Lyon
series: The Lymond Chronicles
publisher: Vintage