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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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	The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 10,095 ratings — published 1961 — 76 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 — 4,787 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 — 4,660 ratings — published 1986 — 45 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 — 4,147 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 — 4,050 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 — 3,782 ratings — published 1975 — 31 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 — 3,677 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 — 2,960 ratings — published 1987 — 32 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 — 2,604 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	Scales of Gold (The House of Niccolò, #4) 4.48 avg rating — 2,456 ratings — published 1991 — 26 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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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

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

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