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Race Of Scorpions (House of Niccolo Dorothy Dunnett)
by Dunnett, Dorothy
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 039457107X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394571072
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About This Item
Knopf, 1990-05-05. Hardcover. New. 9x6x1. Borders Books remainder copy. Shelf wear to bottom edge (corner bumped between pages 352 and 369). Fine dust jacket in Mylar protective cover. Free shipping in USA.
Synopsis
Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman . Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings , was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland. She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 274220717025
- Title
- Race Of Scorpions (House of Niccolo Dorothy Dunnett)
- Author
- Dunnett, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 039457107X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394571072
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990-05-05
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 34 oz
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