Niccolo Rising

Niccolo Rising

AngličtinaEbook
Dunnett, Dorothy
Penguin Books Ltd
EAN: 9780141946498
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The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett's revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.Niccolo Rising is Book One in The House of Niccolo series.----------------------------- 'It began with sea, and September sunlight, and three young men lying stripped to their doublets in the Duke of Burgundy's bath . . .'Meet Caes - Nicholas vander Poele - an eighteen-year-old orphan and dyer apprentice's working for the widow Marian de Charetty in Bruges. After fetching up in jail for accidentally sinking a lighter and breaking the leg of a nobleman, his young life seems over before it is even begun.However, fate and the fifteenth century have great expectations for Nicholas and he soon finds himself leading the Charetty company into adventures and intrigues both mercantile and military, even as enemies plot their downfall.Through cunning, bravery, wit and an unexpected wisdom, Nicholas begins to lay the foundations for the House of Niccolo . . .'As brilliant and interesting as Lymond. A generous feast' Daily Telegraph'A series that will give us our fill of high Renaissance adventure and espionage' Guardian
EAN 9780141946498
ISBN 0141946490
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel Penguin Books Ltd
Datum vydání 27. ledna 2000
Stránky 592
Jazyk English
Země United Kingdom
Autoři Dunnett, Dorothy
Série House of Niccolo