Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett6/11/2023 I’ll admit that I was a little bemused by the beautiful, happy ending. To plunge straight into spoilers, only Francis Crawford of Lymond could make such a palaver out of the task of returning to a loving family and living out his days in his homeland with the person who might best be described as his soulmate. Also, at the risk of sounding like my problematic fave: Christ. After a couple of years’ cool flirting with Game of Kings and Queens’ Play, I was finally dragged mercilessly into the world of these novels, and I already know I’ll love reading them again in the not too distant future. So, ever so slightly slightly bereft, I somehow have to disentangle and articulate my thoughts on this, the final part of the Lymond Chronicles. Photo: my own, taken in the countryside near Hexham, Northumberland.
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