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King Hereafter
Dorothy Dunnett
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Description for King Hereafter
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'A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention'New York Times THE REAL MACBETH . . . It is the eleventh century and in the isles of Orkney a young boy is born. He is named Thorfinn, baptized as Macbeth. To the north are the warring Vikings and south lies Alba - the Scottish mainland. Orkney is the prize in between, and an unlikely place from which a young man might launch a bid as ruler of a united Scotland. Yet Thorfinn is ... Read more
'A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention'New York Times THE REAL MACBETH . . . It is the eleventh century and in the isles of Orkney a young boy is born. He is named Thorfinn, baptized as Macbeth. To the north are the warring Vikings and south lies Alba - the Scottish mainland. Orkney is the prize in between, and an unlikely place from which a young man might launch a bid as ruler of a united Scotland. Yet Thorfinn is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718185794
SKU
9780718185794
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About Dorothy Dunnett
Frequently described as the finest historical fiction writer of her time, Dorothy Dunnett earned worldwide acclaim for her blend of scholarship and imagination. She is best known for her two superb series of historical fiction - The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo - set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and ranging across Europe and the Mediterranean, and ... Read more
Reviews for King Hereafter
Splendid
Glasgow Herald
An extraordinary feat of creative imagination
Scotsman
The novel that Dunnett's readers have been hoping for. A brilliant pageant
The Times
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A stunning revelation of the historical Macbeth, harsh and brutal and eloquent
Washington Post
Glasgow Herald
An extraordinary feat of creative imagination
Scotsman
The novel that Dunnett's readers have been hoping for. A brilliant pageant
The Times
One of the greatest tale-spinners since Dumas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A stunning revelation of the historical Macbeth, harsh and brutal and eloquent
Washington Post