Description
Book SynopsisThe exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett''s revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.
Race of Scorpions is Book Three in The House of Niccolo series.
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''Who''s the lady in trouble, Master Nicholas?''
''She''s not a lady. She''s a Queen called Carlotta.''
It is 1462 and Carlotta, the young Queen of Jerusalem, Cyprus and Armenia, is besieged by brigands at a farm on the winter road to Bologna when Nicholas vander Poele rides to her rescue - and into deeper trouble.
Now the head of his own private army, Nicholas finds himself a sought-after man by both Carlotta and her half-brother, James. Each lays claim to the throne of Cyprus and each seeks to persuade Nicholas - in more ways than one - to lend his cunning and might to their cause.
As Christians and Muslims, merchants and Mamelukes,
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Praise for Dorothy Dunnett
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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace,
suspense and imaginative invention -- - * - *
Marvellous, breathtaking
-- - * The Times *
A
masterpiece of historical fiction * Washington Post *
One of the
greatest tale-spinners since Dumas -- - * Cleveland Plain Dealer *
Lashings of
excitement, colour and subtlety -- 1 * The Times *
Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction -- - * New York Times *
