Niccol Rising With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles Dorothy Dunnett grande dame of the historical novel presents The House of Niccol seri

With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccol series The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe Among them, none is bolder or cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of BrugesWith the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccol series The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe Among them, none is bolder or cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good natured dyer s apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire Niccol Rising, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460 Jousting is the genteel pastime, and successful merchants are, of necessity, polyglot Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well timed untruth, Dunnett s hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies From a riotous and potentially murderous carnival in Flanders, to an avalanche in the Alps and a pitched battle on the outskirts of Naples, Niccol Rising combines history, adventure, and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.
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About " Dorothy Dunnett "
Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett OBE was a Scottish historical novelist She is best known for her six part series about Francis Crawford of Lymond, The Lymond Chronicles, which she followed with the eight part prequel The House of Niccol She also wrote a novel about the real Macbeth called King Hereafter 1982 , and a series of mystery novels centred around Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter spy.Excerpted from.Her New York times obituary is here.Dorothy Dunnett Society dorothydunnettFansite dorothydunnett