The Ringed Castle - The Lymond Chronicles Book Five (Paperback, New Ed)

From the silken palaces of Suleiman the Magnificent to the barbaric court of Ivan the Terrible: Francis Crawford of Lymond, Scottish soldier of fortune, scholar and wit, is being drawn to Russia, and a chilling destiny as Voevoda of its armies and favourite of the capricious young Tsar.

It is half a world away from his homeland, now sheltering Philippa Somerville, to whom he is married on paper, and the child they freed from Constantinople together. Compelled to return as Ivan's envoy to Tudor London, Lymond sets himself to maintain his cold purpose, challenged by his friends as well as his enemies, and, most agonizingly, by the girl he expects to divorce.