Description

The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett’s revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.

Gemini is Book Eight in The House of Niccolo series.

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‘Landing in Berwick that wild, February day, Nicholas de Fleury had known that he was mad to come back to Scotland, but that it had to be done.’

The winter of 1477 is coming to a close as Nicholas, his fortunes restored, returns to the country he nearly ruined to make amends and to settle old scores – and is immediately set upon by assassins.

Yet it is not long before he is established at the court of King James III, using his wits and wiles to help steer the kingdom through the storms of trade and war ravaging the continent.

With his wife Gelis once more by his side, Nicholas knows a reckoning must be made with his estranged family as the final loose strands of his story entwine together in the concluding volume of the House of Niccolo.

‘An extraordinary achievement’ Daily Telegraph

Publisher Review

Praise for Dorothy Dunnett -- - * - * A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention -- - * The 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 * Dunnett's legion of devoted readers will need no recommendation to buy Gemini. They would, I imagine, walk barefoot to the bookshop over broken glass to get it ... Anyone reading this novel, even as an introduction to Dunnett's work will, I suspect, join that band of admirers -- - * Sunday Times *