Niccolò rising
By: Dorothy Dunnett.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Series: The House of Niccolò -- first book
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
Subjects: Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Merchants -- Fiction; Historical fiction; Adventure stories; Belgium -- History -- To 1555 -- Fiction; Flanders (Belgium) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Niccolò Rising, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460. Jousting is the genteel pastime, and successful merchants are, of necessity, polyglot. Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well-timed untruth, Dunnett's hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies. From a riotous and potentially murderous carnival in Flanders, to an avalanche in the Alps and a pitched battle on the outskirts of Naples, Niccolò Rising combines history, adventure, and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.
Notes: Originally published: London : M. Joseph, 1986.

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