To lie with lions

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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". Zusammenfassung 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".

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dorothy Dunnett
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 05.12.1996
• EAN: 9780140112689
• ISBN: 978-0-14-011268-9
• Pages: 656
• Thèmes: House of Niccolo; House of Niccolo
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Romans historiques et récits; Historical romance, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, FICTION / Political, Iceland, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Historical adventure fiction, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499