The Lymond Chronicles

It's August 1547, and unrest in Europe is rife. The notorious rebel, Crawford of Lymond, is rumoured to be back in Edinburgh. As usual, he leaves a characteristic trail of hue and cry. Stories about him abound, agreeing only that he's not a man to sit idle. With Europe recently unbalanced by royal deaths, he'll soon take a hand in The Game Of Kings. Book 1 of series.

Riven by internal discord, Scotland in 1548 clung to a single hope of survival as a nation - an alliance with France to be sealed by the betrothal of the five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin. Francis Crawford of Lymond is dispatched to France and embarks upon a nightmare game of hide-and-seek at the very heart of the decadent court of Henri II.  Book 2 of series.

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.  Book 3 of series.

Lymond is travelling a desperate path across the Ottoman Empire of Sulemain the Magnificent in search of a kidnapped child. In the subtle and savage game of treachery, enslavement and torture, Lymond is compelled to make an unthinkable choice - and face the darkest ambiguities of his own nature.  Book 4 of series.

Lymond leaves Tudor England to journey to Muscovy, where he becomes advisor to the half-mad czar and finds himself caught up in the intrgues of barbaric Russia, while his enemies at home continue to conspire against him.  Book 5 of series.

It is 1557, and legendary Scottish warrior Francis Crawford of Lymond is once more in France. There he is leading an army to rout the hated English from Calais. The final moves are made in a great game that has been playing out over an extraordinary decade of war, love and struggle - bringing the Lymond Chronicles to a spellbinding close.  Book 6 of series.