Publisher's Summary. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. In , the mysterious, enigmatic Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. 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 Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured 4/5(8). As the Ottoman armies strangle Trebizond, Nicholas and gang--rebel Catherine in tow--slip away, disguised as Turks, in their treasure-stuffed ships. As always, Dunnett (the Francis of Lymond series, etc.) is literate, witty, and sure in her scholarship. A cumbersome snarl of names, places and plot twists will daunt some; but, on the whole, this mix of colorful characters, thrill-a-minute intrigues and 15th Author: Dorothy Dunnett.
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 Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolò series is ruled by the zodiac and each book has a title alluding to one of its signs. Here the title refers to Aries, but the ram also has another significance. It can be read as the Golden Fleece, which the mythological hero Jason found in Colchis on the shores of the ancient Black Sea. Dorothy Dunnett was born in Dunfermline, bltadwin.ru is the author of the Lymond Chronicles; the House of Niccolò novels; seven mysteries; King Hereafter, an epic novel about Macbeth; and the text of The Scottish Highlands, a book of photographs by David Paterson, on which she collaborated with her husband, Sir Alastair bltadwin.ru she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for.
The Spring of the Ram: Book Two of the House of Niccolo. 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 Niccolò series. Book Overview. 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 more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to. As the Ottoman armies strangle Trebizond, Nicholas and gang--rebel Catherine in tow--slip away, disguised as Turks, in their treasure-stuffed ships. As always, Dunnett (the Francis of Lymond series, etc.) is literate, witty, and sure in her scholarship. A cumbersome snarl of names, places and plot twists will daunt some; but, on the whole, this mix of colorful characters, thrill-a-minute intrigues and 15th-century scenery makes rich fare for genre fans.
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