The Dorothy Dunnett Companion

The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780375725876
ISBN-13 : 0375725873
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Dorothy Dunnett Companion by : Elspeth Morrison

Download or read book The Dorothy Dunnett Companion written by Elspeth Morrison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2001-07-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò series. Elspeth Morrison has re-created the author’s exhaustive original research, documenting her myriad sources and literary references. Foreign phrases are translated; poems and quotations presented in full; historical figures and events fleshed out; subtle allusions–and there are many–noted. From the origins of the Arabic drink qahveh to a recipe for quince paste, from the medical uses of ants and alum, to Zacco, Zenobia, and Zoroaster, this easy-to-use A-to-Z reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett’s creations so colorfully inhabit.


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