lamarca--that's very sad news. I've just been re-reading the Lymond Chronicles for perhaps the tenth time, along with The Dorothy Dunnett Companion by Elspeth Morrison, so I can finally(!) find out translations of all that obscure poetry, and references for the songs he does.

And I'm with you--the one book I couldn't finish was King Hereafter. (Never could finish Mary Stewart's Wicked Day either--neither MacBeth nor Mordred are people I could get interested in.)

Loved the Johnson Johnson books; always wanted to meet him in person. She's said that Lymond is "based on her husband"--hmmmmm.

The House of Niccolo books are excellent also--and I was fascinated with how she tied them in with Lymond.

What small amount of 15th and 16th Century history I know I learned from her. I too will miss the next installment.

Morticia--I thought I'd found all Lady Dunnett's books, but I've not read Crown in Candlelight. Is it a new one? It seems to take forever for her books to come out in the states; the Johnson books are very hard to find in the stores here.

Thanks for posting this, lamarca.

Lin