[quote=""annis""]Has anyone else ever had the probably heretical thought, "Why didn't on earth didn't Francis just talk to his mother"? Mind you, if he had, then we would have missed out on all those fabulous stories--[/quote]
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Dorothy Dunnett
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[quote=""annis""]Has anyone else ever had the probably heretical thought, "Why didn't on earth didn't Francis just talk to his mother"? Mind you, if he had, then we would have missed out on all those fabulous stories--[/quote]
There you go, now I have to read all six books to find out what you mean. I can see very little else happening in my life until this is done.
There you go, now I have to read all six books to find out what you mean. I can see very little else happening in my life until this is done.
Currently reading - Emergence of a Nation State by Alan Smith
I did notice in the sixth book that Dorothy Dunnett made it very hard for Francis just to drop everything and head back to Midculter to ask Sybilla what she knew. I've just finished Checkmate, by the way - and what an emotional rollercoaster! I found myself shouting at Phillippa and Francis several times (lucky I read alone!).
Can Dorothy Dunnett possibly have mapped the whole six volumes out from the very beginning? The story wrapped up very satisfactorily, tidying up all manner of loose ends - so was the Dame de Doubtance always meant to have such a guiding hand over events, or was she introduced as a colourful character and later given the extra significance?
Can Dorothy Dunnett possibly have mapped the whole six volumes out from the very beginning? The story wrapped up very satisfactorily, tidying up all manner of loose ends - so was the Dame de Doubtance always meant to have such a guiding hand over events, or was she introduced as a colourful character and later given the extra significance?
"There were no full time Vikings back then. Everybody had another job."
Neil Gaiman, from Odd and the Frost Giants.
Neil Gaiman, from Odd and the Frost Giants.
I've had another thought overnight (I'm allowed one a day).
Dorothy Dunnett stopped at the accession of Elizabeth I, or thereabouts - but what would have happened to the Lymond line after that?
I can see someone young, blond and incredibly gifted in military strategy leading a company of mercenaries through the Thirty Years War, and another descendant getting involved with the '45 Rebellion (and probably escaping over the heather by the skin of his teeth back to Sevigny), or embroiled in the French Revolution (again escaping by the skin of his teeth).
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Dorothy Dunnett stopped at the accession of Elizabeth I, or thereabouts - but what would have happened to the Lymond line after that?
I can see someone young, blond and incredibly gifted in military strategy leading a company of mercenaries through the Thirty Years War, and another descendant getting involved with the '45 Rebellion (and probably escaping over the heather by the skin of his teeth back to Sevigny), or embroiled in the French Revolution (again escaping by the skin of his teeth).
Does anyone have any other ideas?
"There were no full time Vikings back then. Everybody had another job."
Neil Gaiman, from Odd and the Frost Giants.
Neil Gaiman, from Odd and the Frost Giants.
Here's a cover of Game of Kings on the edition I nabbed at Sunday's book haul.
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At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
[quote=""Misfit""]Here's a cover of Game of Kings on the edition I nabbed at Sunday's book haul.[/quote]
OMG - One of the sexiest men in history is made to look a total plonker!
OMG - One of the sexiest men in history is made to look a total plonker!
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
[quote=""EC2""]OMG - One of the sexiest men in history is made to look a total plonker![/quote]

I saw that and I just couldn't resist. Now I have to find a home for it, as I already own the series in the newer editions.



I saw that and I just couldn't resist. Now I have to find a home for it, as I already own the series in the newer editions.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
[quote=""Misfit""]Here's a cover of Game of Kings on the edition I nabbed at Sunday's book haul.[/quote]
I can imagine what N.C. Wyeth could have done with all the Dunnett book covers.
I can imagine what N.C. Wyeth could have done with all the Dunnett book covers.

Bodo the Apostate, a novel set during the reign of Louis the Pious and end of the Carolingian Empire.
http://www.donaldmichaelplatt.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZthhY6 ... annel_page