{"product_id":"the-dorothy-dunnett-companion-9780375725876","title":"The Dorothy Dunnett Companion","description":"Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett's brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccol  series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElspeth Morrison has re-created the author's exhaustive original research, documenting her myriad sources and literary references. Foreign phrases are translated; poems and quotations presented in full; historical figures and events fleshed out; subtle allusions-and there are many-noted. From the origins of the Arabic drink \u003ci\u003eqahveh\u003c\/i\u003e to a recipe for quince paste, from the medical uses of ants and alum, to Zacco, Zenobia, and Zoroaster, this easy-to-use A-to-Z reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett's creations so colorfully inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElspeth Morrison and Dorothy Dunnett live in Edinburgh, Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844404646162,"sku":"9780375725876","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfba9eb7-8fdf-4f2f-bbcf-7e354bd076d8.jpg?v=1737319062","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dorothy-dunnett-companion-9780375725876","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}