The Dorothy Dunnett Companion by Elspeth Morrison

The Dorothy Dunnett Companion by Elspeth Morrison

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Dorothy Dunnett is renowned for her well-researched historical novels. This title is an encyclopaedic guide to the worlds she describes. It illuminates the fact and allusion, historial personages and places, events and politics, literary references and music that colour her books.

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The Dorothy Dunnett Companion by Elspeth Morrison

Dorothy Dunnett, author of historical novels, is renowned for the skill and scholarship with which she weaves fiction with history against an impeccably researched background. "The Dorothy Dunnet Companion" provides an encyclopaedic guide to the world she describes, illuminating fact and allusion, historial personages and places, events and politics, literary references and music that colour her books. This reference book covers both her Lymond sequence, which explores the intricacies of 16th century history, and the House of Niccolo series, set in the 15th century world of trade and war and banking. Arranged alphabetically, it is a treasure trove of information that provides a complete yet idiosyncratic picture of the period and should be of interest to anyone who enjoys historical novels set in the Renaissance or the 16th century.
Elspeth Morrison was born and raised in Edinburgh where she still lives. She has an MA from the University of Edinburgh, where she specialised in Reinassance history. She is currently working on the second part of the Dorothy Dunnett Companion, due out next year.
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ISBN 13 9780141009117
ISBN 10 014100911X
Title The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
Author Elspeth Morrison
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2001-12-06
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.