Re: what can you re-read repeatedly?
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Lymond (---.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com)
Date: July 09, 2007 02:19AM
The Lymond Chronicles are about Francis Crawford of Lymond an imaginary minor Scottish noble in 16th-century Scotland. Apart from where it’s been changed or added to for the plot the history is apparently, accurate and some of the people mentioned in the books actually existed.
The first book is the Game of Kings:
Lymond, sometimes-Scottish noble, outlaw, criminal, flawed hero, statesman, poet, bard and countless other persona rips through the courts of 16th century Europe with an entourage of equally fantastic compatriots. Accused of treason against the Scottish crown, Lymond returns to Scotland after escaping from two years as a French galley slave, determined to prove his innocence and find out who framed him. He releases a drunk pig to cover his escape from a merchants house, sets fire to his mothers house (just to annoy her it seems) runs a band of outlaws up and down the country, repels the invading English with sheep, poses as a Spanish noble, tries to shoot his brother with a bow, among other hilarious schemes. It’s quite impossible to summarise the books, its complicated. Honestly the cleverest books i've ever seen written - you generally need a working knowledge of French and Latin to read them fully, with spattering of German, Italian, Spanish and some Turkish wouldn’t come amiss either, plus a fairly wide base of poems, classics and general English literature to catch all the many references. There is a companion volume to some of the books with translations of the poetry and other bits and bats. I read the series without any of this and still enjoyed them immensely. I completely recommend the series, top marks for wit, intelligence, plot lines and ingenuity!! - Go Read!!!!