House of Niccolo Niccolo Rising: Book One of the House of Niccolo, Book 1, (Paperback)

from SeriousGrace

When Dunnett finished the Francis Crawford of Lymond series she felt there was more to Francis Crawford's story that needed to be detailed. By way of explanation she went back to the 15th century. Niccolo Rising is the first in the House of Niccolo series and features Nicholas de Fluery, three ge...

from lisapeet

I liked this very much. It's a real puzzle-box of a book, and wants close attention -- Dunnett makes you work hard for your swashbuckling. But it was so rewarding, and exactly what I want out of the genre. I'd read some really tepid historical fiction in my 20s and had pretty much decided it wasn...

from ElTomaso

Adventure and intrigue set in 15th century Europe and the Mediteranean. This is a series with devotion to detail of the highest degree but maybe overly so, as it can get a bit tedious at times. Generally, Dorothy Dunnetts House of Niccolo series is significantly superior to most other work of thi...

from devilish2

An intriguing book set in the 1400s. Claes is an apprentice dyer in Bruges. It details his exploits. Throughout the book you are never quite sure which characters are as they seem - Marian de Charetty, the owner of the dye works; Felix her son; Julius the notary; the various merchants of Bruges, ...

from stuart10er

I also struggled with the first book of the Lymond series. It seems like it is necessary to set up the vast array of characters and (more importantly) outline what their motives or goals might be. This sets the rest of the novel in motion as the author then moves us through a fairly straightforwa...