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      The Dorothy Dunnett Companion

      by Elspeth Morrison
      Published
      Jul 2001
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      Literary Literary
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      432
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      About This Book

      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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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      First Edition Jul 2001 Vintage ISBN13 9780375725876 ISBN10 0375725873
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      Dec 2007 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B000XUBCJA
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