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Dorothy Dunnett Companion
by Morrison, Elspeth, Dunnett, Dorothy
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- ISBN-13: 9780375725876
- ISBN: 0375725873
- Edition: 1
- Publication Date: 2001
- Publisher: Random House Inc
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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 Niccolo 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 allusionsand there are manynoted. From the origins of the Arabic drinkqahvehto 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.Morrison, Elspeth is the author of 'Dorothy Dunnett Companion', published 2001 under ISBN 9780375725876 and ISBN 0375725873.
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