The Spring of the Ram
The House of Niccolo 2
$36.45
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
3 November 1988
Summary
In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de’ Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead. Nicholas’s step-daughter - at the tender age of thirteen - has eloped with his rival in trade- a Machiavellian Genoese who races ahead of Nicholas, sowing disaster at every port. And time is of the essence- Trebizond may fall tot he Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, THE SPRING OF THE RAM is a pyro technic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors and combustible emotions of the 15th century.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140113594 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140113592 |
| Author: | Dorothy Dunnett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 1988 |
| Weight: | 424g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 131mm x 200mm |
| Series: | House of Niccolo |
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Critics Review
A masterpiece of historical fiction
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 best known for her two superb series of historical fiction - The Lymond Chronicles, and The House of Niccolo - set in the 15th and 16th centuries and ranging all over Europe and the Mediterranean while being anchored in Scotland, and for King Hereafter, the 11th century story of Earl Thorfinn of Orkney whom Dorothy believed was also King Macbeth. She died 9 November 2001.
Dorothy Dunnett is the author of the world famous Lymond Chronicles set during the sixteenth century, as well as the on-going House of Niccolo series. She was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 1992. She lives in Edinburgh.
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