{"product_id":"the-dorothy-dunnett-companion-9780375725876","title":"The Dorothy Dunnett Companion","description":"Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett's brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccol  series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElspeth Morrison has re-created the author's exhaustive original research, documenting her myriad sources and literary references. Foreign phrases are translated; poems and quotations presented in full; historical figures and events fleshed out; subtle allusions-and there are many-noted. From the origins of the Arabic drink \u003ci\u003eqahveh\u003c\/i\u003e to a recipe for quince paste, from the medical uses of ants and alum, to Zacco, Zenobia, and Zoroaster, this easy-to-use A-to-Z reference richly illuminates the intricacies of the complex and far-flung Renaissance world Dorothy Dunnett's creations so colorfully inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elspeth Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.14w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375725876","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43244161695881,"sku":"9780375725876","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ef398f57-cf59-43b7-9652-bff70b830c42.jpg?v=1735640617","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-dorothy-dunnett-companion-9780375725876","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}