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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
April 1, 1999
Pages
470
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375704772
ISBN-10
0375704779
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$15.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Sent to Italy by his guardian Marian, the widowed owner of a Bruges trading house, Claes, a reckless boy and seeming simpleton, develops into a sophisticated adventurer known as Niccolo, in a colorful novel of late fifteenth-century Europe. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In this first book of The House of Niccolò series, the author of the Lymond Chronicles introduces a new hero, Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
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 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges.
Niccolò Rising, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460. Jousting is the genteel pastime, and successful merchants are, of necessity, polyglot. Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well-timed untruth, Dunnett's hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies. From a riotous and potentially murderous carnival in Flanders, to an avalanche in the Alps and a pitched battle on the outskirts of Naples, Niccolò Rising combines history, adventure, and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.
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 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges.
Niccolò Rising, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460. Jousting is the genteel pastime, and successful merchants are, of necessity, polyglot. Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well-timed untruth, Dunnett's hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies. From a riotous and potentially murderous carnival in Flanders, to an avalanche in the Alps and a pitched battle on the outskirts of Naples, Niccolò Rising combines history, adventure, and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.
Editions
Hardcover
from Buccaneer Books (May 1, 1992)
9780899669632 | details & prices | List price $33.95
About: Dunnett has chosen the 15th-century Low Countries as the setting for her historical series.
About: Dunnett has chosen the 15th-century Low Countries as the setting for her historical series.
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (September 1, 1986)
9780394531076 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: Sent to Italy by his guardian Marian, the widowed owner of a Bruges trading house, Claes, a reckless boy and seeming simpleton, develops into a sophisticated adventurer known as Niccolo, in this novel of fifteenth-century Europe
About: Sent to Italy by his guardian Marian, the widowed owner of a Bruges trading house, Claes, a reckless boy and seeming simpleton, develops into a sophisticated adventurer known as Niccolo, in this novel of fifteenth-century Europe
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Vintage Books (April 1, 1999)
9780375704772 | details & prices | 470 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Sent to Italy by his guardian Marian, the widowed owner of a Bruges trading house, Claes, a reckless boy and seeming simpleton, develops into a sophisticated adventurer known as Niccolo, in a colorful novel of late fifteenth-century Europe.
About: Sent to Italy by his guardian Marian, the widowed owner of a Bruges trading house, Claes, a reckless boy and seeming simpleton, develops into a sophisticated adventurer known as Niccolo, in a colorful novel of late fifteenth-century Europe.
Reprint edition from Dell Pub Co (July 1, 1988)
9780440200727 | details & prices | List price $4.95
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