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Niccolo Rising

The House of Niccolo 1

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks.

The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyers apprentice who schemes and swashbucukes his way to the helm of a merchantile empire. NICCOLO RISING, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460. Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well-timed untruth, Dunnett's hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the love of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies. NICCOLO RISING combines history, adventure and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.

 Action & Adventure Historical Historical Fiction Medieval Fiction Romance Middle Ages

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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 (-)
A masterpiece of historical fiction (-)
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas (-)
Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety (-)
Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction (-)
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Having listened to The Lymond Chronicles (6 books ) by Dorothy Dunnett ( which are excellent) I thought I would give this series a try. I am not disappointed. This series precedes the Lymond Chronicles, although it was written after them. As before, Dorothy Dunnett weaves a fully loaded story with twists and turns most certainly not expected.
I shall continue with the whole series ( 8 books) as I am totally hooked.

John Banks is superb as the narrator. One of the best.

Excellent

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So you thought the birth of banking and textiles would dull. Think again, good characters, good story, surprises galore. Buying the next volume now

Very detailed high medieval romp

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Well written to evoke the time with excellent performance and characters well represented and sympathetically portrayed.

brilliant

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Terrific start to a great series. Dorothy Dunnett never fails to entertain, educate and please.

Brilliant

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Not unenjoyable but somehow this tale of rags to riches rise just didn’t grab me enough to want to read the others on the series. I wasn’t grabbed by the reason given for a series of unexplained deaths. I’m really not sure why!

Enough for now thanks

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