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“Is there no one will take up this priceless thing and say, here is a nation, with such a soul; with such talents; with these failings and this native worth?” The Game of Kings
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    Patricia Bracewell on Dorothy Dunnett

    Patricia Bracewell

    Patricia Bracewell, author of Shadow on the Crown

    It must have been more than 30 years ago that I fell in love with Dorothy Dunnett’s daring, witty, and mesmerizing Francis Crawford of Lymond. Some 10 years later my ardor for her clever Renaissance Scotsman was challenged when I was introduced to her equally captivating Nicholas, the brilliant hero of her House of Niccolò series. But I wasn’t dazzled just by Dunnett’s heroes. Oh no. I was drawn to her fascinating heroines as well, and to the vivid, complicated, and breathtaking Renaissance world that she recreated on every single page. Dorothy Dunnett was a storyteller extraordinaire. Each one of her many books remains a tour de force—historical fiction at its very best, to be savored again and again.

    Author: Patricia Bracewell
    Website Publication Date: 2nd August 2026
    Theme: Dorothy Dunnett, The Books
    Publication Type: Articles
    Medium: Text
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