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Message: <blockquote data-quote="uberkitty" data-source="post: 224599" data-attributes="member: 5185">great but toughI can't praise these books highly enough, but I will offer a warning: they're not necessarily "easy" reads, and can take a little getting used to.I would definitely advise that you pick up a copy of Elspeth Morrison's Dorothy Dunnett Companion--it gives translations of a lot of the foreign phrases/poetry/references and explains some of the history and characters.  The amount of research Dunnett clearly did is unbelieveable.  Many, many characters (especially in the second series, The House of Niccolo) are based on real historical figures, and many of the climactic events of both series are actual historical events.(I neglected to mention this in my first post, but--strictly speaking--the books could be considered "fantasy" in that visions and prognostication play pretty important roles in both series.)A second warning: clear the decks.  Once you start, you're going to want to read it all.  That's six books in the first series (The Chronicles of Lymond) and eight in the second.  I would definitely suggest starting with the first book of the first series, The Game of Kings.  The second series is a little bit more accessable, but it's far more fun if you read the first series first.  (It's a little confusing which is the first series if you don't already know, because the first series actually happens about a hundred years  after the second.Last thing: I would love, love, love for someone to create an RPG campaign based on the two series.   It could be amazing.</blockquote>

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