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Dorothy Dunnett has earned worldwide acclaim for the masterful blending of historical fact and imagination in her two series of novels set in brilliantly reconstructed fifteenth- and sixteenth-century landscapes. The Dorothy Dunnett Companion II is an encyclopedic resource that completes and expands the reach of the first Companion in documenting the historical and literary riches of Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles and House of Niccolo novels. In this second guide, Elspeth Morrison not only show more covers the final three Niccolo novels for the first time, but also provides a wealth of additional information about all of the earlier novels and highlights the links between the two now-completed series. Once again, she illuminates the real figures and events and the cultural and literary allusions Dunnett weaves into her works, translating foreign phrases and offering up fascinating background details, from the history of golf and the argot of galley slaves to the uses of puffins and polar bears. Together with the first Companion, The Dorothy Dunnett Companion IIprovides a complete and essential guide to the world of Lymond and Niccolo. show lessTags
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If you love Dorothy Dunnett's Niccolo or Lymond series, or if you wondered what Lymond meant by some obscure poetic or classical reference and want to expand your knowledge, The Dorothy Dunnett Companion Volume I & II are must-haves.
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Elspeth Morrison lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Dorothy Dunnett Companion (Volume II) (Volume II)
- Original publication date
- 2002
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- Reviews
- 2
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
