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Dorothy Dunnett
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With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents the House of Niccolò series. The time is the fifteenth century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
In 1461, Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead. Nicholas's stepdaughter—at the tender age of thirteen—has eloped with his rival in trade: a Machiavellian Genoese who races ahead of Nicholas, sowing disaster at every port. And time is of the essence: Trebizond may fall to the Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, The Spring of the Ram is a pyrotechnic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors, and combustible emotions of the fifteenth century.
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- De Jean en 03-09-13
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Quillifer
- Quillifer, Book 1
- De: Walter Jon Williams
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 18 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 148
Quillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The opposite of George R R Martin (in a good way)
- De A reader en 10-30-17
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A Vision of Light
- A Margaret of Ashbury Novel, Book 1
- De: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Three clerics contemptuously decline to be Margaret’s scribe, and only the threat of starvation persuades Brother Gregory, a Carthusian friar with a mysterious past, to take on the task. As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Old fashioned heroine
- De Margaret en 06-22-13
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Martyr
- An Elizabethan Thriller
- De: Rory Clements
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 308
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 236
The year is 1587. One of Queen Elizabeth's cousins is found murdered, her flesh marked with profane symbols. A plot to assassinate Sir Francis Drake, England's most famous sea warrior, is discovered. One man is charged with the desperate task of solving both cases: John Shakespeare.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Thriller/Mystery, Flawless Narration
- De vanessa en 08-16-09
De: Rory Clements
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A Brightness Long Ago
- De: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 762
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 764
In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as the Beast.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Masterpiece from Mr. Kay
- De Craig Cassar en 06-01-19
De: Guy Gavriel Kay
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Children of Earth and Sky
- De: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 19 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 839
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 767
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 763
From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request - and possibly to do more - and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor's wife but sent by Seressa as a spy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deep Echoes of the Sarantine Mosaic
- De Sarah en 05-13-16
De: Guy Gavriel Kay
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The Wild Child
- De: Mary Jo Putney
- Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
More pagan than lady, Meriel spends her days running barefoot through her English estate, cultivating her flowers and her mystical connection to nature. She is mute and, according to most people, mad. But handsome Dominic Renbourne, who has been sent by his twin to court her, senses in Meriel a kindred spirit. He manages to inspire her trust, and against his better judgement, her passion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Where is China Bride, the 2nd book?
- De KaitlynRAH en 10-24-18
De: Mary Jo Putney
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Novice Dragoneer
- Dragoneer Academy, Book 1
- De: E. E. Knight
- Narrado por: Nicole Poole
- Duración: 16 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Fourteen-year-old Ileth grew up in an orphanage, and thanks to her stutter was never thought to be destined for much beyond kitchen work and cleaning. But she's dreamed of serving with the dragons ever since a childhood meeting with a glittering silver dragon and its female dragoneer. For years she waits, and as soon as she is old enough to join, Ileth runs away to become a novice dragoneer at the ancient human-dragon fortress of the Serpentine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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She’s 14yrs old
- De Alex D. en 10-23-21
De: E. E. Knight
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Sidroc the Dane: A Circle of Ceridwen Saga Story
- De: Octavia Randolph
- Narrado por: Nano Nagle
- Duración: 16 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 419
A discarded child fated to become a powerful Jarl - here is the story of Sidroc. Fate guides the path of his father, Hrald, to his meeting with the woman whose son would help change the face of ninth-century Angle-land. An ever-growing rivalry between Sidroc and his cousin Toki defines the boys' early years. Their young uncle, Yrling, knows success as a raider in far-off Angle-land, and trains his nephews in the ways of the warrior. Ahead of them is the perilous crossing of the North Sea, which stands between them and the plunder they seek.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh, to be a character in this book!
- De KarenW en 06-03-18
De: Octavia Randolph
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The Arabian Nights (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Andrew Lang
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 251
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 204
The vengeful King Schahriar agrees to stave off the execution of Queen Scheherazade until she finishes a particularly compelling story. Her plan? Bleed one tale into another. Through fanciful histories, romances, tragedies, comedies, poems, riddles, and songs, Scheherazade prolongs her life by holding the king’s rapt attention. With origins in Persian and Eastern Indian folklore, the stories of The Arabian Nights have been reworked, reshaped, revised, collected, and supplemented throughout the centuries by various authors and scholars.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very edited version
- De HDVE en 11-13-18
De: Andrew Lang
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The Iron King
- The Accursed Kings, Book 1
- De: Maurice Druon
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 675
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 618
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 617
From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin’s epic work. France became a great nation under Philip the Fair - but it was a greatness achieved at the expense of her people, for his was a reign characterised by violence, the scandalous adulteries of his daughters-in-law, and the triumph of royal authority.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Goodie
- De Syd Young en 08-03-13
De: Maurice Druon
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The Outlaws of Sherwood
- De: Robin McKinley
- Narrado por: Justine Eyre
- Duración: 10 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Young Robin Longbow, subapprentice forester in the King's Forest of Nottingham, must contend with the dislike of the Chief Forester, who bullies Robin in memory of his popular father. But Robin does not want to leave Nottingham or lose the title to his father's small tenancy, because he is in love with a young lady named Marian - and keeps remembering that his mother too was gentry and married a common forester. Robin has been granted a rare holiday to go to the Nottingham Fair, where he will spend the day with his friends Much and Marian.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A great story paired with the wrong narrator
- De Gail N. en 11-01-19
De: Robin McKinley
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Night of a Thousand Stars
- De: Deanna Raybourn
- Narrado por: Anna Parker-Naples
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 149
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 137
On the verge of a stilted life as an aristocrat's wife, Poppy Hammond does the only sensible thing - she flees the chapel in her wedding gown. Assisted by the handsome curate who calls himself Sebastian Cantrip, she spirits away to her estranged father's quiet country village, pursued by the family she left in uproar. But when the dust of her broken engagement settles and Sebastian disappears under mysterious circumstances, Poppy discovers there is more to her hero than it seems.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Stick to the print edition for this one
- De Caz en 11-21-15
De: Deanna Raybourn
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The Ruby in Her Navel
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: Andrew Sachs
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Thurstan, a young Norman and would-be Knight at the Court of King Roger in Palermo, has been in love since boyhood with Lady Alicia, now returned a widow from the Holy Land. Thurstan soon finds himself caught in a tangle of plots.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Well-Earned Five Stars for this Gem
- De Ilana en 12-11-14
De: Barry Unsworth
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The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots
- De: Carolly Erickson
- Narrado por: Rebekah Germain
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fiction being the key word
- De Bonnie-Ann B en 09-25-09
De: Carolly Erickson
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In the Name of the Family
- A Novel
- De: Sarah Dunant
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 360
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 327
It is 1502, and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womanizer and master of political corruption, is now on the papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, age 22 - already three times married and a pawn in her father's plans - is discovering her own power. And then there is his son Cesare Borgia, brilliant, ruthless, and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with Machiavelli that gives the Florentine diplomat a master class in the dark arts of power and politics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of the best historical fiction novels
- De GrandmaNurseHeather en 04-13-17
De: Sarah Dunant
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Servant of the Crown
- Heir to the Crown, Book 1
- De: Paul J Bennett
- Narrado por: Greg Patmore
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Tragedy tears Gerald's world apart, and only his unwavering loyalty to the Baron of Bodden saves him. After serving as a soldier for years, a single act of self-sacrifice thrusts his future into the world of politics. Cut off from all he knows, he becomes no more than a pawn to those in command. Banished with little more than the clothes on his back, he seeks a new purpose, for what is a warrior who has nothing left to fight for?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written and interesting
- De Kevin Potter en 05-24-19
De: Paul J Bennett
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The Women of Chateau Lafayette
- De: Stephanie Dray
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert, Emma Bering, Rachel L. Jacobs
- Duración: 23 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,444
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,150
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,140
An epic saga from New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An absolute masterpiece of a book!
- De Kindle Customer en 05-15-21
De: Stephanie Dray
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Spring of the Ram
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Joyce Eriksen
- 07-08-24
If five stars describes other authors it does not reach Dunnett's works'
As in her every book including her hilarious detective works, Dorothy Dunnett is the best writer of my lifetime of reading.
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- NC
- 10-22-23
Perfect!
Could not be better. Kept me enthralled for a month. So glad it is now available.
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- Eliza
- 12-09-23
From Bruges to Byzantium and back!
An adventure, a harrowing chase, a view into 15th century European trade customs and competition, and many unforgettable characters, with some of the best writing (and narration) you’ll ever find. A smarmy villain and a hero who still has a lot to prove.
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- Cindy Mercer
- 05-31-23
Excellent
Bravo to the late Lady Dunnett. There is none to compare with her gift of the telling of stories.
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- Mimi Joyal
- 08-04-23
Wonderful
The narrator is excellent, as though coached by Dorothy herself. So great to have this available in audio!!
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- T. Brown
- 12-08-23
Plot
Dorothy Dunnett is a master storyteller. Her mastery of the history of the period — culture, politics, intrigues, everyday life — are unparalleled in a fictional series.
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- June Huggins
- 01-04-24
Excellent Hostorical Fiction
What can I say. Dorothy Dunnett surpasses herself in every book. I have read and reread her Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo many times, and there is always something new to discover.
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- arrow
- 03-21-24
Painful I slow
I love the historical period and overall perspective, but I did not enjoy this book. The pace is slow and much of the plot and dialogue revolves around creepy sex…and I am not prudish.
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