Scales Of Gold: The House Of Niccolo,Vol.4
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'A glorious panorama of medieval times ... The historical research is impeccable' Sunday Express The year 1464 finds our hero Nicholas in Venice. Plagued by enemies bent on dissolving his assets and smearing his character, he sets sail for Africa, legendary location of the Fountain of Youth and the source of gold in such abundance that men prefer to barter in shells. He will discover the charms of the beautiful Gelis - a woman whose passion for Nicholas is rivalled only by her desire to punish him for his role in her sister's death. Erotic and lush with detail, SCALES OF GOLD embraces the complexity of the Renaissance, where mercantile adventure couples with more personal quests behind the silkeb curtains of the Age of Discovery.
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Dorothy Dunnett is the author of the world famous Lymond Chronicles set during the sixteenth century, as well as the on-going House of Niccolo series. She was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 1992. She lives in Edinburgh.
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Unlike the previous reviewer, I feel that Scales of Gold puts Dorothy Dunnet right back on track. My own struggle was with book 3 of this series - Race of Scorpions which more than once I was tempted to give up. In contrast I devoured Scales of Gold with the same hunger as Niccolo Rising and The Spring of the Ram. And how refreshing to have a Medieval that is set outside of Europe and England in particular. I commend both Dorothy Dunnet's research and imagination as prodigious.
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It is astonishing that so gifted a writer as Dorothy Dunnett who even had an organized fan club ten years ago should so completely have vanished from library shelves. This series and the Lymond chronicles are both outstanding.
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For me there is no bad Dorothy Dunnett book. After the extremely exciting third book where Niccolo finds he cannot escape Cyprus, he now needs to ensure security for his bank, the dye works and his young new found nephew; Africa is the destination. As ever brilliantly written characters and storyline and a particularly spiteful ending. After the Lymond Chronicles it would seem that the House of Niccolo might fail to live up to that previous series, but so far it does. These books are full and not lightly read, and I too take notes - afterall we are trying to find the answers that go to make up Francis Crawford of Lymond.
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Scales of Gold
I already knew I would like this book as I have read it before. I love the intricacy of Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels with strong characters and a vast backdrop of the events... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2009 by GMM
Top notch historical novel
I found "Scales of Gold" as good as the three previous novels in the series. By all means you should read them in sequence, you'll appreciate all the more the development of the... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2007 by Didier
Not my favourite DD but still a superb book
Frankly this is my least favourite DD. As Nicholas's adventures progress through the sequence the books become increasingly obscure, conversations and motivations in particular. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2000
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