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Dorothy Dunnett, author of historical novels, is renowned for the skill and scholarship with which she weaves fiction with history against an impeccably researched background. The Dorothy Dunnet Companion provides an encyclopaedic guide to the world she describes, illuminating fact and allusion, historial personages and places, events and politics, literary references and music that colour her books. This reference book covers both her Lymond sequence, which explores the intricacies of 16th show more century history, and the House of Niccolo series, set in the 15th century world of trade and war and banking. Arranged alphabetically, it is a treasure trove of information that provides a complete yet idiosyncratic picture of the period and should be of interest to anyone who enjoys historical novels set in the Renaissance or the 16th century. show lessTags
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An excellent, if hard to find, companion to Dorothy Dunnett's novels. Part of the richness of the Lymond and Niccoló series is the sheer wealth of literary and historical allusions—most of which escape the modern reader. This book is invaluable if you want to increase your understanding of Dunnett's subtleties.
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.
Invaluable to the serious reader of historic novels
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invaluable for Dunnett fans.
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Elspeth Morrison lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Dorothy Dunnett Companion (Volume I) (Volume I)
- Original publication date
- 1994
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
