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The Spring of the Ram
House of Niccolo (Related to this series)
- Author
- Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrator
- John Banks
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 5 September 2019
- Run Time
- 23 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks.
In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic 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 step-daughter - 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 tot he Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, THE SPRING OF THE RAM is a pyro technic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors and combustible emotions of the 15th century.
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Praise for Dorothy Dunnett
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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention
New York Times
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Marvellous, breathtaking
The Times
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A masterpiece of historical fiction
Washington Post
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One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety
The Times
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Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction
New York Times
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Details
- Author
- Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrator
- John Banks
- Duration
- 23 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9781405939799
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Historical romance
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic 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 step-daughter - 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 tot he Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, THE SPRING OF THE RAM is a pyro technic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors and combustible emotions of the 15th century.
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