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It is now 1557 and Lymond has returned to France to marshal forces in the Scottish struggle against England. But even as he attains brilliant success on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to both sides. For whoever knows the secret of Lymond's parentage poss...

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Main Author:	Dunnett, Dorothy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2019.
Edition:	Second Vintage Books edition.
Series:	Dunnett, Dorothy. Lymond chronicles ; 6.
Subjects:	Mary, > Queen of Scots, > 1542-1587 > Fiction. 1500-1599 Crawford, Francis (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Crawford, Francis (Fictitious character) Europe > History > 16th century > Fiction. Europe. Fiction. Historical fiction. History.

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