{"product_id":"queens-play","title":"Queens' Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore George R. R. Martin there was Dorothy Dunnett \u003ci\u003e. . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePERFECT for fans of \u003ci\u003eA Game of Thrones.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She is a brilliant story teller, \u003ci\u003eThe Lymond Chronicles \u003c\/i\u003ewill keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply about.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen's Play\u003c\/i\u003e is the second book in the series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-----------------------------\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The crossroads may not be of your own seeking, but at least the road you choose will be your own'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1548 and seven-year-old Mary Queen of Scots, betrothed to her cousin the Dauphin, heir to the French throne, has been dispatched to France. But far from home and vulnerable, surrounded by the double-dealing and debauchery of a dangerous and unpredictable court, she suffers a series of 'accidents'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer mother, Scotland's Queen Dowager, orders Francis Crawford of Lymond to protect Mary, believing that at the very heart of Henri II's glittering, decadent court is an assassin hired to kill the infant monarch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLymond must secretly hunt down this individual before he himself is exposed . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid, engaging, densely plotted -- are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Melodrama of the most magnificent kind' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238065688920,"sku":"9780140282405","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140282405.jpg?v=1769025634","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/queens-play","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}