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Sto caricando le informazioni... Niccolo Rising (originale 1986; edizione 1986)di Dorothy Dunnett
Informazioni sull'operaL'apprendista delle Fiandre di Dorothy Dunnett (1986)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. It's taken a good long while for me to read Dorothy Dunnett's classic work of historical fiction, and I must confess that what with the bushfire catastrophe absorbing most of my attention, Niccolò Rising hasn't had my full concentration. That's no fault of the author: it's a fine novel, and I can see why there are legions of Dorothy Dunnett fans. It's just... well, all Australians understand about the anxiety that has commandeered our thoughts... Niccolò Rising is the first novel in the series. The House of Niccolò was written over a 14 year period and consists of
I was only half way through the book when I wanted to know more about Dunnett (1923-2001), but Wikipedia wasn't very forthcoming about aspects of the novel that interest me: the themes of transcending the restrictions of class and gender. However, a talk reproduced at the Dorothy Dunnett website was more illuminating... The series arose after the success of The Lymond Chronicles (1961-1975) and was inspired by Britain's swing to the Right under Margaret Thatcher and the rise of yuppies and city wheeler-dealers. (We remember these people well in Australia, Alan Bond et al.) Dunnett had a background in business and trade working in the Board of Trade when Scotland's economy was recovering in the postwar period. She understood how business worked, and as the website says: ... Dorothy looked at a time period a century earlier than Lymond, when the Renaissance was just beginning to affect Europe and the newly developed Double entry book-keeping systems using the quite recently imported Arabic number system* were revolutionising commerce and trade. Banking in particular was becoming an important aspect of business. *There's a witty mention of this when Roman Numerals are noted as much more difficult to fiddle with than their Arabic replacements. If not for the blurb, one might read for quite a while without the book's hero being revealed. Even so, it comes as a surprise... To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/01/09/niccolo-rising-the-house-of-niccolo-1-by-dor... nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Fiandre 1459. È iniziata un'epoca d'oro in Europa. Le industrie e i commerci fioriscono a Bruges, che ospita imprese di tutti i tipi, è piena di nobili e borghesi, mercanti e mercenari, artigiani e spie. Sono tempi propizi per giovani decisi a fare fortuna e Niccolò, apprendista tintore di umili origini, è uno di loro. Il giovane si mescola all'umanità sulla quale vuole emergere, gareggiando in astuzia con i mercanti e in spregiudicatezza con i mercenari e le spie. Dalla sua ha la bellezza, l'intelligenza e il potere di toccare il cuore delle donne, ma soprattutto una fortissima ambizione che lo porterà lontano. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Please, oh please, someone adapt this into a series for HBO, Showtime or Netflix. ( )