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La Casa di Niccolò

Questa saga storica narra le vite e le fortune di ambiziosi mercanti nelle fiorenti città dell'Europa del tardo medioevo. Le narrazioni sono ricche di intrighi, manovre politiche e feroci rivalità commerciali. I lettori vengono attratti in un mondo di commercio, fede e ricerca del potere, dove le relazioni personali sono tanto vitali quanto la strategia economica.

The House of Niccolo - 6: To Lie with Lions
The unicorn hunt
Scales Of Gold
La saga di Niccolò - 3: Stirpe di scorpioni
The Spring of the Ram
Superpocket - 241: L'apprendista delle Fiandre

Ordine di lettura consigliato

  1. Superpocket - 241: L'apprendista delle Fiandre

    Vagabondo, avventuriero, mercante ricco e potente: la prodigiosa carriera di Niccolò ha inizio. Uno straordinario affresco storico, un romanzo indimenticabile

    • 600pagine
    • 21 ore di lettura

    Fiandre 1459. È iniziata un'epoca d'oro in Europa. Le industrie e i commerci fioriscono a Bruges, che ospita imprese di tutti i tipi, è piena di nobili e borghesi, mercanti e mercenari, artigiani e spie. Sono tempi propizi per giovani decisi a fare fortuna e Niccolò, apprendista tintore di umili origini, è uno di loro. Il giovane si mescola all'umanità sulla quale vuole emergere, gareggiando in astuzia con i mercanti e in spregiudicatezza con i mercenari e le spie. Dalla sua ha la bellezza, l'intelligenza e il potere di toccare il cuore delle donne, ma soprattutto una fortissima ambizione che lo porterà lontano.

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  2. 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.

    The Spring of the Ram2
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  3. Il XV secolo volge ormai al termine e Niccolo, a soli ventun anni, è diventato uno dei più ricchi mercanti delle Fiandre e uno stratega d'incomparabile talento. La fama che si è conquistato, grazie alle sue straordinarie doti militari e al valore del suo esercito, è cresciuta al punto tale da essere conteso fra i reali di Cipro, la regina Carlotta e il fratello James, in lotta fra loro per il possesso dell'isola, ultimo avamposto contro la dilagante potenza ottomana. E così Niccolo, non pago del suo recente trionfo a Trebisonda, parte insaziabile d'avventura alla volta di Cipro. Lì, sulla splendida isola, avvelenata dalla guerra civile, ci sono gloria, ricchezza e amore che lo attendono, ma solo se sarà disposto a rischiare tutto ciò che possiede, persino la vita, e a gettarsi nella mischia.

    La saga di Niccolò - 3: Stirpe di scorpioni3
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  4. Scales Of Gold

    • 736pagine
    • 26 ore di lettura

    'A glorious panorama of medieval times ... The historical research is impeccable' Sunday Express The year 1464 finds our hero Nicholas in Venice. Plagued by enemies bent on dissolving his assets and smearing his character, he sets sail for Africa, legendary location of the Fountain of Youth and the source of gold in such abundance that men prefer to barter in shells. He will discover the charms of the beautiful Gelis - a woman whose passion for Nicholas is rivalled only by her desire to punish him for his role in her sister's death. Erotic and lush with detail, SCALES OF GOLD embraces the complexity of the Renaissance, where mercantile adventure couples with more personal quests behind the silkeb curtains of the Age of Discovery.

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  5. The unicorn hunt

    • 880pagine
    • 31 ore di lettura

    The fifth title in the "House of Niccolo" sequence, recreating the perilous world of trade, war and banking in Renaissance Europe. Niccolo has returned to Venice from Africa - richer, wiser yet ever unpredictable. He journeys to Scotland, closer at hand to the secrets of his birth.

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  6. Having wrested his little son from his estranged wife, Nicholas embarks on a business trip to Iceland. As he confronts the challenges of the frozen wastelands, he runs up against his vengeful wife, whose secrets threaten to topple all Nicholas has achieved.

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  7. Caprice and Rondo

    • 576pagine
    • 21 ore di lettura

    With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.Winter 1474 finds Nicholas exiled in the frozen port of Danzig, Poland. His Machiavellian exploits in Scotland have cost him friends and family--not to mention countless riches. As the ice melts, temptations arise. Will he assist the Muslim Prince Uzum Hasan against the Turks? Will he lose himself among the secret, scented gardens of the Crimea in the arms of a close friend's bride? As Nicholas pursues his future, his estranged wife, Gelis, seeks the truth about his past, only to discover the secret identity of his latest comrade in arms--a tantalizing ghost from the past poised to deal him the crowning death blow.Shimmering with detail, alive with intrigue, Caprice and Rondo is Dorothy Dunnett's quicksilver evocation of a world where joy is fleeting, love is unexpected, and truth the rarest commodity of all.

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  8. In this conclusion to the House of Niccolò series, Nicholas de Fleury reappears in Scotland, "and as the secrets of his birth and heritage come to light, Nicholas has to decide whether he desires to establish a future in Scotland for himself and his family, and a home for his descendants."--Jacket

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