The Dorothy Dunnett Society

“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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    • “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
    Deborah Conway Read in a blue top

    Deborah Conway Read

    Unlike many, I can’t remember when I first read The Game of Kings. I know I was a teenager, because I read the first three books then had to face the agonising wait for Pawn in Frankincense to appear. I fell instantly and irrevocably in love with Lymond, blithely ignoring any quotation or reference I didn’t understand. Then came King Hereafter, which I found much more difficult, even though I had read the Norse sagas and loved the Viking period.  Niccolò Rising was a return to the joy of falling in love all over again with a man very different from Lymond, but equally as fascinating. I even got involved in a medieval woad dyeing project because of Nicholas.

    I’ve been involved, on and off, with the Dorothy Dunnett Society and the various social media lists and pages for about the last 25 years, but have become more active since retiring in 2012 from being teacher-in-charge of a Pupil Referral Unit for children aged 4–11 with social, emotional or behavioural problems. Retirement allowed me to join the Dunnett Carnival in Venice. I accidentally became the social media rep on the board, and am involved in the admin of the DDS accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The academic part of our charitable aims is important to me, and I was instrumental in setting up the Dorothy Dunnett Centenary Awards at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Promoting Dunnett to readers of all ages has been a pleasure, and I would love to link as many as possible through the DDS so they can find the wonderful friendships that Dunnett fans share.