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Scales of Gold: Volume 4 in the House of Niccolo Series
by Dorothy Dunnett
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0140112669
- ISBN 13
- 9780140112665
- Seller
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About This Item
Penguin Books, London, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Fifth Impression or later. Size: 12mo Small. 701 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Spine is a little sunned. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. 'A glorious panorama of medieval times ... The historical research is impeccable' Sunday Express The year 1464 finds our hero Nicholas in Venice. Plagued by enemies bent on dissolving his assets and smearing his character, he sets sail for Africa, legendary location of the Fountain of Youth and the source of gold in such abundance that men prefer to barter in shells. He will discover the charms of the beautiful Gelis - a woman whose passion for Nicholas is rivalled only by her desire to punish him for his role in her sister's death. Erotic and lush with detail, SCALES OF GOLD embraces the complexity of the Renaissance, where mercantile adventure couples with more personal quests behind the silked curtains of the Age of Discovery. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Historical Fiction; Italy; ISBN: 0140112669. ISBN/EAN: 9780140112665. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9365. . 9780140112665
Synopsis
Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman . Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings , was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland. She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9365
- Title
- Scales of Gold: Volume 4 in the House of Niccolo Series
- Author
- Dorothy Dunnett
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140112669
- ISBN 13
- 9780140112665
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- BZDB137 house of niccolo, scales of gold, vol four, Fiction; Historical Fiction; Italy; ISBN: 0140112669 EAN: 9780140112665 Dorothy Dunnett Scales of Gold: Volume 4 in the House of Niccolo Series
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