King Hereafter: A Novel - Brossura

Dunnett, Dorothy

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ISBN 10: 0375704035 ISBN 13: 9780375704031

Casa editrice: Vintage, 1998

Riassunto

Draws on recent archaeological research to present a fictional recreation of the life and times of King Macbeth of Scotland, presenting a dramatic new interpretation of European history during the eleventh century. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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"A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two." --The New York Times

"One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

L'autore:

Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman.

Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings, was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland.

She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0375704035
• ISBN 13: 9780375704031
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 736