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All about the disorderly knights by dorothy dunnett. Set in mid16thcentury europe and the mediterranean area, the series tells the story of a young scottish nobleman, francis crawford of lymond, from 1547 through 1558. The year is 1551, and scottish nobleman francis crawford of lymond has been called to fight with the knights of hospitallers to defend the island of malta against the turks. The disorderly knights 1966 pawn in frankincense 1969 the ringed castle 1971 checkmate 1975 the six volumes of the lymond chronicles, set in the 16th century, are part of what dunnett viewed as a larger fourteenvolume work, which includes the eight novels of the house of niccolo series, set in the 15th century. Dorothy dunnett is the greatest historical novelist, and this is one of her best. The lymond chronicles dorothy dunnett bibliography. Start by marking the lymond chronicles complete box set. Annotations short description in 1551 francis crawford of lymond is dispatched to embattled malta, to assist the knights hospitallers in defending the island against the turks. The disorderly knights of the title are the knights of the order of st. Book three in the legendary lymond chronicles the lymond chronicles 3 kindle edition by dunnett, dorothy.
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