The Dorothy Dunnett Companion

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 Niccol 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07/10/2001
ISBN: 9780375725876
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.14w x 0.95d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/11/2001 pg. 77