“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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Tropical Issue e-book published in Australia
Penguin Books Australia have republished Dorothy Dunnett’s Tropical Issue, the first in the Johnson Johnson series, as one of 50 Crime Classics in their Green Popular Penguins e-book (.epub) range. Full details are on their website.
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Two celebrations of Renaissance Scotland this summer
Some fabulous, free events to enjoy this summer in Edinburgh and Stirling Sunday 21st July “Gavin’s Douglas’s Eneados: The Glory of Scotland, 1513 A.D.” A two-part celebration of one of the pinnacles of Scottish humanism, the epic “Eneados”, completed on St Mary Magdalene’s Day, 22 July 1513, by Gavin Douglas, provost of St Giles High […]
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Local Rendezvous at Berkeley Castle on Sunday 14th July
Dorothy Dunnett Society members and other readers and friends within reach of Berkeley Castle (about 30 minutes south of Gloucester and 30 minutes north of Bristol) will be meeting up there on Sunday 14th July to tour the castle and have lunch.
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Oxford Dunnett Day 2013
Our Oxford Dunnett Day 2013 took place at Wolfson College, Oxford, on Saturday 1st June 2013. The programme included talks from guest speakers Hazel Forsyth, Museum of London, on the Cheapside Jewellery Hoard, and Dr Nicholas Perkins, University Lecturer and Tutor in English, St Hugh’s College, Oxford. The day concluded with an evening meal.
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Niccolò Rising released as audiobook
Niccolò Rising is now available as an unabridged audiobook, read by Gordon Griffin.
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Posted onEdinburgh Dunnett Weekend 2013 and AGM
This year’s Edinburgh gathering and AGM at the Royal Over-Seas League attracted over ninety participants and we were delighted to welcome our speakers, prizewinners, members and friends from France, Germany, Iceland, Canada and the USA in addition to the UK delegates. Events kicked off with dinner at the Sheraton on Friday night, followed on Saturday […]
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Dorothy Dunnett History Prize 2012 Winner
The Society’s Trustees were delighted with the response to the Dorothy Dunnett History Prize 2012 and enjoyed reviewing the essays. We are delighted to announce that the winning entry in a very strong field was Ben Lacey of Sheffield University “Relic Theft and the Church of Durham in Eleventh-Century Society”. Two other essays were highly […]
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Posted onWhispering Gallery 117 Out Now
Whispering Gallery Issue 117 The Quarterly Magazine of the Dorothy Dunnett Society for December 2012 has started to hit doormats in the UK, Europe and around the world. Forty-eight pages of content, including 8 pages in full colour.
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Dorothy on TV and Radio
“My house is full of books and maps in languages that I can’t read.” Dorothy Dunnett’s 1989 Off The Page TV interview (23 mins), in which she talks about her childhood and how she became a writer, can be viewed here; and on the same page you can listen to Dorothy Dunnett speaking about her […]
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International Dorothy Dunnett Day 2012
The second IDDD was held on Saturday 10th November 2012. Nineteen events took place around the world with readers raising a glass to Dorothy Dunnett at 1:00 pm local time. Contact iddd@ddsoc.org for information about future events near you.
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Dorothy Dunnett Calendar 2013
You can now buy the Dorothy Dunnett Calendar 2013 from our shop. This calendar contains photos of Dunnett locations in Istanbul, taken at the Dunnett Siege of Constantinople in September 2012. The full price of the Calendar is £9.50, including postage to anywhere in the world, but discounts are available for people who attended the […]
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Dunnett Siege of Constantinople
The Dunnett Siege of Constantinople, five days of events in Istanbul and organised in association with the Dorothy Dunnett Society, completed successfully on Friday 14th September 2012 with a Gala Meal within the grounds of Topkapi Palace. During the week the 115 delegates (“Siegers”) visited Dunnett locations in Istanbul, including Topkapi and its harem, the […]