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To Lie with Lions: The House of Niccolo Bk. 6 (Paperback)

by Dorothy Dunnett (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (30 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140112685
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140112689
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 178,820 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Merchant-banker Nicholas de Fleury, having wrested his infant son from the boy's formidable mother, pauses en route to the land of golden light to set in train a deception that will ensnare nations in the triumphant ruin of his enemies. This is volume six in the "House of Niccolo".

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Complex but highly enjoyable, 11 Jun 2004
By S. Davis - See all my reviews
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Part of a saga, this book is not really recommended for first-time Dunnetteers. However, if you do start here it would be a shame not to persevere as it includes a (volcanically!) spectacular and emotional climax.
DON'T read Dunnett's books if you want bland, embarrasingly inane and predictable period romances.
Yes, her writing style is occasionally demanding, but is is lucid, not convoluted. She is vivid in her descriptions and steers a true course between "olde worlde" pretention and instrusive modern idiom.
Her plots are intricate, sometimes cryptic - making the books eminently re-readable!
By this stage of the House of Niccolo series I had joined the wide following of satisfied readers, hooked on following her all-too-human characters to the illuminating end.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard work, but extremely rewarding, 16 Oct 2007
By Didier (Ghent, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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The year is 1471: the War of the Roses is in full spate, Sixtus IV becomes pope, and Lorenzo de Medici ('the Magnificent') rules Florence. And Nicollo/Nicholas is in Scotland with his son Jordan, enjoying himself. But of course that's not meant to last, and thank God it doesn't or we would have missed out on 600 pages of prime historical fiction.

Accumulating over the previous 5 novels in the series the cast of characters given at the beginning now runs to no less than 7 pages, and it's no easy thing keeping track of all these people and the countless turns and twists in the plot, but if you stick to it you'll find that it's ever so much worth the effort. I loved it from the first page to the last.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A turning point in the Niccolo series, 27 Dec 2008
By Roman Clodia (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To Lie with Lions: The Sixth Book of the House of Niccolo (Paperback)
This is the 6th book of the Niccolo series and, as other reviewers have said, these books really must be read in order. After the shock ending of The Unicorn Hunt (The House of Niccolo) , Nicholas is forging a relationship with his son, as well as drawing Gelis, his estranged wife back to him: though the terms of the 'relationship' are a mystery to all their friends.

Drawn to Scotland, Nicholas makes himself indispensable at the young Scottish court, but his machinations there are as opaque even to his colleagues as his relationship with his wife.

Many strands are drawn together in this book: the truth of the relationship between Nicholas and Gelis; the confirmation of his divinatory powers which allow him, at moment of stress or forgetfulness, to experience the emotions of another man who won't be born for another fifty years; the introduction of Kathi and Robin; the marriage of Julius.

The ending, however, eludes even Nicholas's genius for planning, and he is set adrift, alone and perhaps unredeemable.

Do have the next volume ready (Caprice and Rondo (The House of Niccolo)) as these books are so compulsive!

Another fine addition to an excellent series.
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