Street smart, and adept at the subtleties of diplomacy, the hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the most powerful woman in the city of Bruges.
From a riotous and potentially murderous carnival in Flanders, to an avalanche in the Alps and a pitched battle on the outskirts of Naples, Niccol Rising combines history, adventure, and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault..
Street smart, brilliant at figures, adept at the subtleties of diplomacy and the well-timed untruth, Dunnett\'s hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies.
Jousting is the genteel pastime, and successful merchants are, of necessity, polyglot.
Niccol Rising, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460.
Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges.
The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe.
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 Niccol series.
In this first Book of The House of Niccol series, the author of the Lymond Chronicles introduces a new hero, Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer\'s apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
Street smart, and adept at the subtleties of diplomacy, the hero rises from wastrel to prodigy in a breathless adventure that wins him the hand of the most powerful woman in the city of Bruges
