"Research, period feel, intensely vivid characters, wit, high drama, scintillating dialogue."
The Lymond books, for me, are unmatched in many ways. Research, period feel, intensely vivid characters, wit, high drama, scintillating dialogue. The first book, The Game of Kings, is notoriously a challenge to get into. Fair warning. Dunnett uses an elliptical style and obscure quotes and references to a purpose. Her protagonist is simply smarter than everyone he deals with — and she puts the reader in that puzzle-him-out position, too. It is very effective, once one settles in.
Selected by our Spring 2021 Guest Editor, Guy Gavriel Kay
| Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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