I have read all of them, but not all at once. The publisher was putting out one a year, and by the time the last two came out I was working and could afford to get the hardbacks! I brought each one home with such anticipation :)
The first book is the best imo, but the whole series is amazing. Nothwithstanding the cover art, these are historical novels, not romances per se. This cover in particular has almost no relationship to the book.
Lymond, the main character, is definitely fair but not at all the rugged type on the cover. No clue who the woman is supposed to be, there are some dark haired women in the book, but none in the relationship shown :D
It was always a crap shoot buying paperbacks back then--the covers were unreliable as were the back cover descriptions. I just stumbled across this at the time, probably bought it because it was long enough that it would take a while to read. Turns out the series has become a cult classic. You would definitely like this first novel of the series, Dunnet's frame of reference, both literary and otherwise is so broad, it's fun to try to figure out where all the little tidbits of poetry, etc. come from.
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The first book is the best imo, but the whole series is amazing. Nothwithstanding the cover art, these are historical novels, not romances per se. This cover in particular has almost no relationship to the book.
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I find it interesting that the woman is dark-haired and the man fair and that she is positioned above him.
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It was always a crap shoot buying paperbacks back then--the covers were unreliable as were the back cover descriptions. I just stumbled across this at the time, probably bought it because it was long enough that it would take a while to read. Turns out the series has become a cult classic. You would definitely like this first novel of the series, Dunnet's frame of reference, both literary and otherwise is so broad, it's fun to try to figure out where all the little tidbits of poetry, etc. come from.
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