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Name: Dorothy Dunnett
From: 1923
To: 2001
Biography: Dunfermline born, Edinburgh-educated portrait painter and leading exponent of historical romance. Renowned for their historical detail, the six books in Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are set partially in the Scottish Borders and Lothians of the 16th century, narrating the political, military and personal upheavals of the period.
Francis Crawford of Lymond is Dunnett's local hero, an attractive blend of scholar, ne'er-do-well, poet, and battle-hardended mercenary.
Background Reading: http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/
Elspeth Morrison's The Dorothy Dunnett Companion (1994), gives an A-Z listing of characters, settings and background to Dunnett's Lymond series. Republished in 2001 in US by Vintage, in UK by Penguin. Volume 2 of the Companion, dealing with additional Niccolo stories published in UK by Michael Joseph.
Titles: Game of Kings | Queens' Play | Disorderly Knights | Pawn in Frankincense | The Ringed Castle | Checkmate |
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Home | Author detail page
Name: Dorothy Dunnett
From: 1923
To: 2001
Biography: Dunfermline born, Edinburgh-educated portrait painter and leading exponent of historical romance. Renowned for their historical detail, the six books in Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles are set partially in the Scottish Borders and Lothians of the 16th century, narrating the political, military and personal upheavals of the period.
Francis Crawford of Lymond is Dunnett's local hero, an attractive blend of scholar, ne'er-do-well, poet, and battle-hardended mercenary.
Background Reading: http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/
Elspeth Morrison's The Dorothy Dunnett Companion (1994), gives an A-Z listing of characters, settings and background to Dunnett's Lymond series. Republished in 2001 in US by Vintage, in UK by Penguin. Volume 2 of the Companion, dealing with additional Niccolo stories published in UK by Michael Joseph.
Titles: Game of Kings | Queens' Play | Disorderly Knights | Pawn in Frankincense | The Ringed Castle | Checkmate |
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009