Surely he did the thing and that can be proven - he sent them, encouraged them. I was losing my mind reading his tweets in real time and I'm not American. Does he really want that hashed out again! People died! Not to mention all the lies Trump and the right wing media spout WTF!

Traboules Lyon 😃 #Dunnett

It's all foreshadowed in the opening with the Queen M and the wonderful Tom. Then when L returns he's a different man but still with lessons to learn. DD is so clever.

The beach scene is so ... Poor Richard doesn't have any idea what he's dealing with (a theme lol) and as for L well he probably wishes he was back in R flying his ex eagle and this moment had not occurred - none of which is possible.

DD is so clever in creating characters that are both incredible in their own right and perfect servants to the plot. And makes each loss so hard particularly for L.

She'd have done much better without him!

As a Sidney fan (I feel he prob had Lymondish traits as in clever and difficult 😂)
'Sir Philip Sidney Courtier Poet' by Katherine Duncan-Jones and 'Philip Sidney A Double Life' by Alan Stewart
For Leicester 'Sweet Robin' by Derek Wilson.
Current read 'Fatal Rivalry Flodden 1513' by George Goodwin.

I wanted to write a novel featuring Philip Sidney but was too intimidated by his intellect and Dorothy Dunnett's writing to ever get going 😂 best to know my place!

Love it. The home of the Sidneys. Sir Philip Sidney being my favourite Elizabethan! He wasn't a fave of Elizabeth despite his brilliance. She was obvs super close to Leicester 😁 but the Sidneys don't seem to have been so favoured. Philip often ended up doing his uncle's dirty work.

I'm also coming up to fifty years from my first read through Lymond. A summer of long nights and sore eyes! 100% agree that every reread reminds just how brilliant DD's writing is.

I think Going Postal is a good starter too.

As a Dunnett and Herron fan was so happy to see Quiller also mentioned so couldn't resist.

Its coming to the UK in 2026 and I'm excited to see it!

My memory is from Yahoo groups discussions but it's not possible to access them now unfortunately. So no proof unless she drops by 😂

I'm pretty sure that @msagara.bsky.social is another Dunnett influenced fantasy author. Her 'Sun Sword' series is about as close as I've come to the experience of reading Lymomd and I feel sure Dorothy Dunnett was often discussed on her Yahoo group.

Like seriously who in their right mind actually wants to go the US/Trumpland.

He played Darnley recently 😀