Author: Dorothy Dunnett
Year: 1987
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Historical fiction
Culture: Italy
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With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
In 1461, 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 stepdaughter -- 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 to the Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly paced, The Spring of the Ram is a pyrotechnic blend of scholarship and narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors, and combustible emotions of the 15th century.
This book is part of the "The House of Niccolo" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Gemini"
First published in 2000
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 | "Caprice and Rondo"
First published in 1997
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 | "To Lie With Lions"
First published in 1995
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 | "The Unicorn Hunt"
First published in 1993
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 | "Scales of Gold"
First published in 1991
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 | "Race of Scorpions"
First published in 1990
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 | "Niccolo Rising"
First published in 1986
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