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Pawn in Frankincense

Autor Dorothy Dunnett
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 2012
Part of Dorothy Dunnett's series that explores the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.
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ISBN-13: 9780848813000
ISBN-10: 0848813006
Dimensiuni: 147 x 216 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Editura: Amereon Limited

Notă biografică

Frequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time,Dorothy Dunnettearned worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for her two superb series of historical fiction -The Lymond ChroniclesandThe House of Niccolo- set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and ranging across Europe and the Mediterranean, and forKing 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.

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Praise for Dorothy Dunnett
A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two aboutpace, suspense and imaginative invention
Marvellous, breathtaking
Amasterpieceof historical fiction
One of thegreatest tale-spinnerssince Dumas
Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety
Vivid, engaging, densely plotted- are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction