Niccolo Rising
The House of Niccolo 1
$29.99
- Paperback
592 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 time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyers apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
NICCOLO RISING, Book One…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140113914 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140113916 |
| Author: | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 131mm x 197mm |
| Series: | House of Niccolo |
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Critics Review
Marvellous, breathtaking
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 *
Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett is frequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time, earning worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for two superb series of historical fiction:
- The Lymond Chronicles
- The House of Niccolo
These series are set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and range across Europe and the Mediterranean. She also wrote 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. 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 on 9 November 2001, having sold half a million copies internationally.
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