Dorothy Dunnett

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The Lymond Chronicles Book Six

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Produktbeschreibung

Part of the "Lymond Chronicles", Dorothy Dunnett's series of six novels, this text explores the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.

Produktdetails

• The Lymond Chronicles
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 129mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780140282382
• ISBN-10: 0140282386
• Artikelnr.: 22260728

Autorenporträt

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 for King 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.