Book description
In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by
none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to
Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from
the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead. Nicholas's
step-daughter - at the tender age of thirteen - has eloped with his
rival in trade: a Machiavellian Genoese who races ahead of Nicholas,
sowing disaster at every port. And time is of the essence: Trebizond may
fall tot he Turks at any moment. Crackling with wit, breathtakingly
paced, THE SPRING OF THE RAM is a pyro technic blend of scholarship and
narrative shimmering with the scents, sounds, colors and combustible
emotions of the 15th century. Dorothy Dunnett is the author of the
world famous Lymond Chronicles set during the sixteenth century, as well
as the on-going House of Niccolo series. She was awarded the OBE for
services to literature in 1992. She lives in Edinburgh.
