false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171655533m/112075.jpg 112075 10 With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed <i>Lymond Chronicles</i>, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents <i>The House of Niccolò</i> series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.<br><br>In 1461, Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead. Nicholas's stepdaughter--at the tender age of thirteen--has eloped with his rival in trade: a Machiavellian Genoese who races ahead of Nicholas, sowing disaster at every port. And time is of the essence: Trebizond may fall to the Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, <i>The Spring of the Ram</i> is a pyrotechnic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors, and combustible emotions of the 15th century. 1145573 book 1987 The Spring of the Ram (The House of Niccolo, #2) total:302|5:149|4:104|3:40|2:9|1:0| 302 1299 384 13 5 0 false false Sun Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 20 16:30:43 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 03 17:43:19 -0800 2008 The Spring of the Ram is the second book of The House of Niccolo. In this volume, Nicholas De Fleury sheds the last vestige of his dyer’s apprentice persona, Claes, to
become the leader of the Charetty trading company. And what a fascinating journey it is !
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Other things in this book: good writing, some absolutely hilarious moments, people suspecting Nicholas capable of a lot of Evil Things (why he never tries to deny this I have no idea) and of course angst.
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I'm so sad I finished this book! Thank the heavens my fav author saw fit to keep up the series! 2 down....6 to go!!!! (then I can read the Lymond series all over again.....)]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 14:30:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 09:44:20 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jun 19 08:59:32 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 09:20:17 -0700 2008 dorothy dunnett are my absolute favorite. nothing different to say about them; together, they will take you off the planet for a full summer and just might re-direct your life, as they did mine.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jul 09 11:27:51 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 11:27:51 -0700 2007 http://oyceter.livejournal.com/562033.ht...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 24 20:04:30 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 09 22:06:51 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 21:24:43 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 21:24:43 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 14:54:16 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 14:54:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 14 14:49:13 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:49:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 14:47:04 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 14:47:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 05:11:08 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 07:10:42 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 16:57:55 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:57:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 12:43:52 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 12:43:52 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=112075