num_pages: 432
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
titlecomplete: The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
characters: Dorothy Dunnett
genres: Historical, Books About Books, Reference, Research, Scotland, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 742
publisher: Vintage