Scales Of Gold
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  • Published: 7 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9780140112665
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 736
  • RRP: $65.00

Scales Of Gold

The House Of Niccolo 4

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27 Jan 2000
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5 Sep 2019
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7 Nov 2019
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The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett's revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.

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.
  • Published: 7 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9780140112665
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 736
  • RRP: $65.00
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Praise for Scales Of Gold

Praise for Dorothy Dunnett

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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention

New York Times

Marvellous, breathtaking

The Times

A masterpiece of historical fiction

Washington Post

One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety

The Times

Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction

New York Times

'A glorious panorama of medieval times . . . The historical research is impeccable'

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