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Dorothy Dunnett

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born
in Dunfermline, Scotland, The United Kingdom
August 25, 1923

died
November 09, 2001

gender
female

website

genre
Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


About this author

Dorothy Dunnett OBE was a Scottish historical novelist. She is best known for her six-part series about Francis Crawford of Lymond, The Lymond Chronicles, which she followed with the eight-part prequel The House of Niccolò. She also wrote a novel about the real Macbeth called King Hereafter (1982), and a series of mystery novels centred around Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter/spy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Her New York times obituary is here.

Fansite: http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/


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Dorothy Dunnett's Books

Average rating: 4.42 · 20,421 ratings · 1,470 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors
The Game of Kings (The Lymo...
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 2,846 ratings — published 1961 — 20 editions
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Queens' Play (The Lymond Ch...
4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 1,767 ratings — published 1964 — 26 editions
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The Disorderly Knights (The...
4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 1,628 ratings — published 1966 — 20 editions
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Checkmate (The Lymond Chron...
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4.7 of 5 stars 4.70 avg rating — 1,489 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions
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Pawn in Frankincense (The L...
4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions
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The Ringed Castle (The Lymo...
4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 1,424 ratings — published 1971 — 19 editions
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Niccolò Rising (The House o...
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 1986 — 23 editions
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 1,141 ratings — published 1988 — 15 editions
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Race of Scorpions (The Hous...
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 1,021 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions
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Scales of Gold (The House o...
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Series by Dorothy Dunnett

The Game of Kings Queens' Play The Disorderly Knights Pawn in Frankincense The Ringed Castle Checkmate
The Lymond Chronicles (6 books)
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4.506482525366404 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 10,644 ratings
Niccolò Rising The Spring of the Ram Race of Scorpions Scales of Gold The Unicorn Hunt To Lie with Lions Caprice and Rondo
The House of Niccolò (8 books)
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4.388529374444867 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 7,881 ratings
Dolly and the Singing Bird Ibiza Surprise Dolly and the Doctor Bird Dolly and the Starry Bird Dolly and the Nanny Bird Dolly and the Bird of Paradise Send a Fax to the Kasbah
Johnson Johnson (7 books)
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3.8236607142857144 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 896 ratings

Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett

“I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Disorderly Knights
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“Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.”
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“I wish to God,” said Gideon with mild exasperation, “that you’d talk—just once—in prose like other people.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings
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