GEMINI is the brilliant conclusion of Dorothy Dunnett's classic historical novel series, set in impeccably researched sites in the 's--from Bruges, France, Cyprus, the Gold Coast of Africa, Burgundy and finally Scotland. Her characters are deep, complex and fascinating/5(). · Gemini: The Eighth Book of The House of Niccolo. Gemini.: Dorothy Dunnett. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Fiction - pages. 1 4/5(1). "Gemini" is the long-awaited finale to Dorothy Dunnett's blockbuster series, The House of Niccolo. Nicholas de Fleury - banker, world traveler, former owner of a small private army - returns to Scotland to make reparations for the economic damage he did in the course of his revenge on the St. Pol family.5/5(5).
Free Online Library: Goodbye to a much-loved friend; Gemini. By Dorothy Dunnett (Michael Joseph, pounds ). Reviewed by. by "The Birmingham Post (England)"; News, opinion and commentary General interest. Gemini: The Eighth Book of The House of Niccolo. Gemini.: Dorothy Dunnett. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, - Fiction - pages. 1 Review. Scotland, Nicholas de Fleury, former banker and merchant, has re-appeared in the land that, four years earlier, he had brought very close to ruin in the course of an intense commercial. The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett's revered Lymond Chronicles, following the enigmatic Nicholas de Fleury in Continental Europe.
By the way, regarding Henry’s looks, you might be interested in a speech Dorothy Dunnett gave following the publication of Gemini. It helped identify the Julius hints, but it also mentions that Henry looking so much like Simon was indeed a deliberate indication of Niccolo being legitimate. Gemini brings to a dazzling conclusion Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolò series (synopsized in this volume), in which this peerless novelist has vividly re-created the dramatic, flamboyant world of the early Renaissance in historical writing of scrupulous authenticity and in the entrancing portrait of her visionary hero. "Gemini" is the long-awaited finale to Dorothy Dunnett's blockbuster series, The House of Niccolo. Nicholas de Fleury - banker, world traveler, former owner of a small private army - returns to Scotland to make reparations for the economic damage he did in the course of his revenge on the St. Pol family.
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