Scales Of Gold
The House Of Niccolo 4
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2019
Summary
The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett’s revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.
The year 1464 finds our hero Nicholas in Venice. Plagued by enemies bent on dissolving his assets and smearing his character, he sets sail for Africa, legendary location of the Fountain of Youth and the source of gold in such abundance that men prefer to barter in shells. He will discover the charms of the bea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140112665 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140112669 |
| Author: | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | House of Niccolo |
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Praise for Dorothy Dunnett
Praise for Dorothy Dunnett – - * - *
A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention
– - * New York Times *Marvellous, breathtaking
– - * The Times *A masterpiece of historical fiction – - * Washington Post *
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas – - * Cleveland Plain Dealer *
Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety
– - * The Times *Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction – - * New York Times *
‘A glorious panorama of medieval times … The historical research is impeccable’ – - * Sunday Express *
Dorothy Dunnett
Frequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time, Dorothy Dunnett earned worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for her two superb series of historical fiction - The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo - set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and ranging across Europe and the Mediterranean, and for King Hereafter, the eleventh-century story of Earl Thorfinn of Orkney whom Dorothy believed was also King Macbeth. In 1992, Dorothy Dunnett was awarded the OBE for her services to literature, and in 2014 Dunnett’s most enduring hero, Francis Crawford of Lymond, was voted Scotland’s favourite literary character - beating the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and Ivanhoe. Dunnett died 9 November 2001, having sold half a million copies internationally.
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