Niccolo Rising

The House of Niccolo 1

By: Dorothy Dunnett

Narrated by: John Banks

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks.

The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyers apprentice who schemes and swashbucukes his way to the helm of a merchantile empire. NICCOLO RISING, Book One of the series, finds us in Bruges, 1460. 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 love of the strongest woman in Bruges and the hatred of two powerful enemies. NICCOLO RISING combines history, adventure and high romance in the tradition stretching from Alexandre Dumas to Mary Renault.

Critic reviews

Praise for Dorothy Dunnett

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A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention (-)

Marvellous, breathtaking (-)

A masterpiece of historical fiction (-)

One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas (-)

Lashings of excitement, colour and subtlety (-)

Vivid, engaging, densely plotted - are almost certainly destined to be counted among the classics of popular fiction (-)

Great

Great story to begin a wonderful series. This is a great narrator who captures the nuances of the multitude of characters very well.