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In 1547 Scotland is still free, but it has been shamed by an English invasion and faces schemes from beyond its borders. Into this setting Dorothy Dunnett brings Francis Crawford of Lymond, younger son of a noble Scottish house, an accused traitor with a scholar's learning, a cutting tongue and a gift for violence. Lymond comes back to the land that declared him an outlaw, set on restoring his name even if it puts his life in danger, and leads a band of outlaws against England. Paradoxically, Scotland's freedom may hang on a man charged with treason. The novel opens the Lymond Chronicles, a historical saga.
Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, counted the Lymond Chronicles, which this novel begins, among the books that shaped how he thinks, describing Lymond as a leader willing to bear his peers' disapproval to do the right thing and a hero he aspired to be like.
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Tim O'Reilly (Founder/O'Reilly Media)
The Lymond Chronicles, by Dorothy Dunnett. I discovered this series of six difficult, complex historical novels about a character roving the world at the turn of the seventeenth century as my company was passing the critical 50-person inflection point. Lymond is a brilliant leader who isn't afraid of the opprobrium of his peers--he does the right thing, seeing further than those around him. He was a hero I aspired to emulate. The books are also just darn cool--the amount of historical scholarship packed into these stories is truly remarkable.
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