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Dorothy Dunnett

Born

in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

August 25, 1923

Died

November 09, 2001

Website

http://dorothydunnett.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 and a series of mystery novels centered on Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter/spy.

Her New York times obituary is here.

Dorothy Dunnett Society: http://dorothydunnett.org
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Average rating: 4.4 · 57,137 ratings · 4,911 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 10,320 ratings — published 1961 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queens' Play (The Lymond Chronicles, #2) 4.45 avg rating — 4,849 ratings — published 1964 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Niccolò Rising (The House of Niccolò, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 4,754 ratings — published 1986 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,200 ratings — published 1966 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles, #4) 4.61 avg rating — 4,104 ratings — published 1969 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles, #6) 4.70 avg rating — 3,834 ratings — published 1975 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles, #5) 4.57 avg rating — 3,720 ratings — published 1971 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spring of the Ram (The House of Niccolò, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 3,008 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Race of Scorpions (The House of Niccolò, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 2,647 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scales of Gold (The House of Niccolò, #4) 4.48 avg rating — 2,496 ratings — published 1991 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Dorothy Dunnett

The Lymond Chronicles (6 books)
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The House of Niccolò (8 books)
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4.42 avg rating — 21,245 ratings

Johnson Johnson (7 books)
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Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett (?)

“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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“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

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

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Which book would you like to read for our August 15 - September 15 European Royalty group read?

Murder of a Medici Princess by Caroline P. Murphy

18 votes, 66.7%

Niccolo Rising The First Book of The House of Niccolo by Dorothy Dunnett

3 votes, 11.1%

I, Claudius From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered & Deified A.D. 54 by Robert Graves

3 votes, 11.1%

Antony and Cleopatra A Novel by Colleen McCullough

2 votes, 7.4%

The Borgias and Their Enemies 1431-1519 by Christopher Hibbert

1 vote, 3.7%

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