The Ringed Castle

In this fifth installment of Dunnett's acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, The Ringed Castle transports readers from Mary Tudor's England to the tumultuous Russia of Ivan the Terrible. Francis Crawford of Lymond takes on the role of advisor and general to the unstable tsar, striving to bring a semblance of civilization to a medieval-minded court while navigating the treacherous political machinations from England that seek to leverage his talents for their own ends.