To Lie With Lions (House Of Niccolo Series, Book 6)

1471-1473 in Scotland, Iceland, Flanders

Plot

"The year is 1471; the time, the dawn of the modern era and the Age of Exploration; the location, both the palaces and the wild places of Europe; and the man, Nicholas de Fleury - a former dyer's apprentice whose innate qualities of intelligence, audacity, and determination have propelled him to the very summit of economic power and political influence.". The year is 1471. Within the circus of statecraft, where the lions of Burgundy, Cyprus, England, and Venice stalk and snarl, Nicholas wields a valued whip. Having wrested his little son Jordan from his estranged wife, Gelis, he embarks on the greatest business scheme of his life-- beginning with a journey to Iceland. But while Nicholas confronts merchant knights, polar bears, and the frozen volcanic wastelands of the North, a greater challenge awaits: the vengeful Gelis, whose secrets threaten to topple all Nicholas has achieved. Here is Dorothy Dunnett at her best. Robustly paced, prodigiously detailed, To Lie with Lions renders the quicksands of Renaissance politics as well as the turnings of the human soul, from love to hate and back. The volumes are as follows: Niccolò Rising (1986) Spring of the Ram (1987) Race of Scorpions (1989) Scales of Gold (1991) The Unicorn Hunt (1993) To Lie with Lions (1995) Caprice and Rondo (1997) Gemini (2000)