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Race Of Scorpions
House of Niccolo (Related to this series)
- Author
- Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrator
- John Banks
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 5 September 2019
- Run Time
- 26 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks.
This is the third book in the "House of Niccolo" series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of Nicholas van der Poel, international mercenary who started out as a dyer's apprentice, as he plays for the highest stakes with the greatest super-powers in Europe.
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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
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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
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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
- 26 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9781405939805
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical adventure fiction, Historical romance
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. This is the third book in the "House of Niccolo" series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of Nicholas van der Poel, international mercenary who started out as a dyer's apprentice, as he plays for the highest stakes with the greatest super-powers in Europe.
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