To Lie with Lions by Dorothy Dunnett - ISBN: 9780140112689
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Deception ignites nations: before Lymond, there was Nicholas.

To Lie with Lions

The House of Niccolo 6

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  • Paperback

    656 pages

  • Release Date

    5 December 1996

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Summary

The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett’s revered Lymond Chronicles, following the enigmatic Nicholas de Fleury in Continental Europe.

Merchant-banker Nicholas de Fleury, having wrested his infant son from the boy’s formidable mother, pauses en route to the land of golden light to set in train a deception that will ensnare nations in the triumphant ruin of his enemies. This is volume six in the “House of Niccolo”.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140112689
ISBN-10:0140112685
Author:Dorothy Dunnett
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:656
Release Date:5 December 1996
Weight:500g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 35mm
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

– - * The 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 *

About The Author

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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