The Unicorn Hunt

Book Five of the House of Niccolo

Fiction & Literature, Historical, Romance
Cover of the book The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dorothy Dunnett ISBN: 9780307762436
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: August 11, 2010
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Dorothy Dunnett
ISBN: 9780307762436
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: August 11, 2010
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

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 Niccolo 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, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.

Scotland, 1468: a nation at the edge of Europe, a civilization on the threshold of the Modern Age. Merchants, musicians, politicians, and pageantry fill the court of King James III. In its midst, Nicholas seeks to avenge his bride's claim that she carries the bastard of his archenemy, Simon St. Pol. When she flees before Nicholas can determine whether or not the rumored child is his own—or exists at all—Nicholas gives chase. So begins the deadly game of cat and mouse that will lead him from the infested cisterns of Cairo to the misted canals of Venice at carnival. Breathlessly paced, sparkling with wit. The Unicorn Hunt confirms Dorothy Dunnett as the genre's finest practitioner.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 Niccolo 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, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.

Scotland, 1468: a nation at the edge of Europe, a civilization on the threshold of the Modern Age. Merchants, musicians, politicians, and pageantry fill the court of King James III. In its midst, Nicholas seeks to avenge his bride's claim that she carries the bastard of his archenemy, Simon St. Pol. When she flees before Nicholas can determine whether or not the rumored child is his own—or exists at all—Nicholas gives chase. So begins the deadly game of cat and mouse that will lead him from the infested cisterns of Cairo to the misted canals of Venice at carnival. Breathlessly paced, sparkling with wit. The Unicorn Hunt confirms Dorothy Dunnett as the genre's finest practitioner.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book Saul Steinberg by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Empire of Cotton by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Take One Candle Light a Room by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Poems That Touch the Heart by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Mildred Pierce by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book The Visiting Privilege by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Falling Palace by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book What I Know For Sure by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Cause for Alarm by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Death in Venice by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book La breve y maravillosa vida de Óscar Wao by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Self's Punishment by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book Sister of My Heart by Dorothy Dunnett
Cover of the book James Merrill by Dorothy Dunnett
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy