Dorothy Dunnett

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born

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

died

November 09, 2001

gender

female

website

http://www.ddra.org

genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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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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Books by Dorothy Dunnett

Average rating: 4.39 · 14,157 ratings · 1,155 reviews · 28 distinct works

	The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 2,017 ratings — published 1961 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 1,228 ratings — published 1964 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles, #3) 4.54 avg rating — 1,113 ratings — published 1979 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles, #6) by Dorothy Dunnett, Vintage Books 4.70 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles, #4) 4.60 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles, #5) 4.54 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 1971 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Niccolo Rising (The House of Niccolo, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,066 ratings — published 1966 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Spring of the Ram (The House of Niccolo, #2) by Dorothy Dunnett, Judith Wilt (Introduction) 4.33 avg rating — 788 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Race of Scorpions (The House of Niccolo, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 697 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Scales of Gold (The House of Niccolo, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 669 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:

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Series by Dorothy Dunnett

The Lymond Chronicles (6 books)
by Dorothy Dunnett, Vintage Books

4.48 avg rating — 7,394 ratings

The House of Niccolò (8 books)
by Dorothy Dunnett

4.36 avg rating — 5,469 ratings

Johnson Johnson (6 books)
by Dorothy Dunnett

3.76 avg rating — 478 ratings

Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett

“Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.”
― Dorothy Dunnett

15 people liked it

“I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Disorderly Knights

tags: devotion , love

15 people liked it

“Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, The Disorderly Knights

7 people liked it

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Which book would you like to read for our February 15 - March 15 European Royalty group read?

Marie Antoinette The Journey by Antonia Fraser

14 votes, 42.4%

La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas

8 votes, 24.2%

The Serpent and the Moon Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King by Princess Michael of Kent

6 votes, 18.2%

Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett

5 votes, 15.2%

33 total votes

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