“You're most ambitious to succeed, self-reliant, born to lead. Your courage all can depend upon. Your boundless energy spurs you on. You have an argumentative mind and to suspicion you're inclined.” Scorpio
“You're most ambitious to succeed, self-reliant, born to lead. Your courage all can depend upon. Your boundless energy spurs you on. You have an argumentative mind and to suspicion you're inclined.” Scorpio
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Posted onThe Dorothy Dunnett Society Unicorn
When the DDRA became the Dorothy Dunnett Society on 1st September we needed a new logo. Pending a permanent choice, we have adopted the unicorn that you can see on the left hand side of this page, and this will be our official logo for the first 12 months. If you have an idea for […]
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Viking boat burial
If you’ve read Dorothy Dunnett’s King Hereafter, you’ll be interested in the news that the UK mainland’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has recently been uncovered in the west Highlands. Read more here.
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International Dorothy Dunnett Day 2011
The first IDDD was held on Saturday 15 October 2011! Seventeen events took place around the world, with readers raising a glass to Dorothy Dunnett at 1:00 pm local time.
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Celebrating 50 years of ‘The Game of Kings’
Six years ago, The List ran a competition to find the best Scottish book of all time. Well-known literati were asked to promote their particular favourites; Philippa Cochrane of The Scottish Book Trust nominated The Game of Kings, which won second place. To mark the first International Dorothy Dunnett Day and the 50th anniversary of […]
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Posted onBruges: The Dorothy Dunnett Guide
Want to follow in Claes’s footsteps around Bruges? Interested in knowing where to find Bruges locations described in Niccolò Rising and other House of Niccolò novels by Dorothy Dunnett? Bruges: The Dorothy Dunnett Guide contains descriptions of all the locations, real or imagined, from the novels, each with appropriate quotations. It will enhance your reading […]
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Dorothy Dunnett History Prize
The Dorothy Dunnett Society is pleased to announce the launch of the Dorothy Dunnett History Prize essay competition with a prize of £1000 to be awarded by the Society. Entries for the competition will be accepted from history students registered on a PhD programme at any recognised higher education institution in the UK. Essays may […]