The Dorothy Dunnett Companion Paperback by Elspeth Morrison

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (2001-07-10)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 432 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780375725876
• Item Weight: 351.54 grams
• Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.26 x 0.94 cm

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.

About the Author

Elspeth Morrison and Dorothy Dunnett live in Edinburgh, Scotland.