The Disorderly Knights

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 * DK:Table of Contents
 * DK:Chronology
 * DK:Characters
 * DK:Annotations

Short Description
“In 1551 Francis Crawford of Lymond is dispatched to embattled Malta, to assist the Knights Hospitallers in defending the island against the Turks. But shortly the swordsman and scholar discovers that the greatest threat to the Knights lies within their own ranks, where various factions vie secretly for mastery. In a narrative that sweeps from pitched battle beneath the walls of Tripoli to a duel in the cathedral of Edinburgh, Lymond tries to unravel the plots of an enemy who is as subtle as he is savage, and whose piety conceals an absolute genius for evil.” -Vintage ed. back cover

Setting
Oct 1548, May 1549, and May 1551 - Oct 1552; primarily the border region of Scotland and England; and the central Mediterranean (Malta, Tripoli)

Editions

 * ISBN []        (Cassell, 1966), hardcover
 * ISBN []        (Popular Library, 1966), paperback
 * ISBN 0722131399 (Sphere, 1973), paperback
 * ISBN 0848812972 (Amereon Ltd, April 1976), hardcover, $35.95
 * ISBN 0899662951 (Buccaneer Books, September 1981), hardcover, 47.95
 * ISBN 0446312908 (Time Warner, 1984), paperback
 * ISBN 0712603948 (Century, November 22, 1984), paperback, 512 pp.
 * ISBN 009994930X (Arrow, 1991), paperback
 * ISBN 0718141261 (Random House, 1997), paperback
 * ISBN 0679777458 (Vintage Books, June 24, 1997), paperback, reprint, $15.95
 * ISBN 0140282459 (Penguin Books, 1999), paperback
 * ISBN 1841972940 (Clipper Audio, 2001), audio book