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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 thehelm 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 abreathless 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140113914
eBay Product ID (ePID)87127482
Product Key Features
Book TitleNiccolo Rising: the House of Niccolo 1
AuthorDorothy Dunnett
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year1988
GenreRomance
Number of Pages592 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDorothy Dunnett
Series TitleHouse of Niccolo
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom