The Dorothy Dunnett Companion
Author | : Elspeth Morrison |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2001-07-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780375725876 |
ISBN-13 | : 0375725873 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò series. Elspeth Morrison has re-created the author’s exhaustive original research, documenting her myriad sources and literary references. Foreign phrases are translated; poems and quotations presented in full; historical figures and events fleshed out; subtle allusions–and there are many–noted. From the origins of the Arabic drink qahveh to a recipe for quince paste, from the medical uses of ants and alum, to Zacco, Zenobia, and Zoroaster, this easy-to-use A-to-Z reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett’s creations so colorfully inhabit.