Pawn in Frankincense

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Penguin presents the audio edition of Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett, read by David Monteath.

It is 1552 and the royal galley Dauphine, under the command of Francis Crawford of Lymond, sails the glittering but dangerous Mediterranean looking for a lost son.

Yet as the search grows more urgent, Lymond knows he is being drawn deeper into the intricate web of his enemy Gabriel, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St John, who is already weaving a subtle tapestry of revenge.

It is a journey that will lead Lymond to Constantinople and the court of Suleiman the Magnificent where a terrible game will be played with deadly and incalculable consequences . . .

Critics Review

  • Praise for Dorothy Dunnett

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  • A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention

    New York Times
  • Marvellous, breathtaking

    The Times
  • A masterpiece of historical fiction

    Washington Post
  • One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas

    Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety

    The Times

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