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The Dorothy Dunnett companion / Elspeth Morrison ; foreword by Dorothy Dunnett.
Van Pelt Library PR6054.U56 Z78 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, Elspeth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dunnett, Dorothy--Dictionaries.
- Dunnett, Dorothy.
- Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Dictionaries.
- Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character).
- Crawford, Francis (Fictitious character)--Dictionaries.
- Crawford, Francis (Fictitious character).
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature--Dictionaries.
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
- Soldiers of fortune in literature--Dictionaries.
- Soldiers of fortune in literature.
- Adventure stories, English--Dictionaries.
- Adventure stories, English.
- Renaissance in literature--Dictionaries.
- Renaissance in literature.
- Businessmen in literature--Dictionaries.
- Businessmen in literature.
- Scots in literature--Dictionaries.
- Scots in literature.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Adventure stories, English.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 2001-©2002.
- Summary:
- 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 Niccolo series.
- Renaissance historian 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 reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett's creations so colorfully inhabit.
- Notes:
- Vol. 1 originally published: London : Michael Joseph, 1994.
- Vol. 2: "A Vintage Books original"--Page 4 of cover.
- Local Notes:
- VP copy is v.1 only.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is v.2 only.
- ISBN:
- 0375725873
- 9780375725876
- 0375726683
- 9780375726682
- OCLC:
- 45487426
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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