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To Lie with Lions
Dorothy Dunnett
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Description for To Lie with Lions
paperback. 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". Series: House of Niccolo. Num Pages: 656 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 472.
The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett's revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.
To Lie With Lions is Book Six in The House of Niccolo series.
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'We are going to the Westmann Isles. We are going to tamper with Nature, defy law and cheat pirates. We are going to sail the stiffening ocean to Iceland.'
It is 1471 and Nicholas de Fleury has confounded the Lions of Europe - the courts of England, France, Burgundy, Venice and Cyprus. The very future of the continent hinges on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Series
House of Niccolo
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140112689
SKU
V9780140112689
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About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for To Lie with Lions
Praise for Dorothy Dunnett
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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention
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The New York Times
Marvellous, breathtaking
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The Times
A masterpiece of historical fiction
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Washington Post
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas
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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention
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The New York Times
Marvellous, breathtaking
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The Times
A masterpiece of historical fiction
-
Washington Post
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas
... Read more