squee!
I can't believe my luck, I actually found and bought Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett in Booksale for only P 25! What are the odds of that? I've been scouring the book stores and suddenly without even looking for it, I found it!
I need only buy Spring of the Ram and To Lie with Lions to complete the House of Niccolo series.
Just one minor quibble: the book wasn't published by Vintage, so it's a great deal smaller than my other Dunnett books and the cover really doesn't do the book justice but beggars can't be choosers.
Niccolo Rising is the first book in the HoN series but it was Race of Scorptions (3rd book in HoN) with which I started even without the backstory I fell in love with Dunnett's writing, but I find myself constantly surprised on how different and young Niccolas is in the first book.
First impression: I think I like A Game of King's opening better than NR. GoK's opening was fun to read, NR's in comparison felt a tad more graver, it didn't have the sense of whimsy GoK had.
Still, I've just begun reading so I'm going to withold judgment til then.
I need only buy Spring of the Ram and To Lie with Lions to complete the House of Niccolo series.
Just one minor quibble: the book wasn't published by Vintage, so it's a great deal smaller than my other Dunnett books and the cover really doesn't do the book justice but beggars can't be choosers.
Niccolo Rising is the first book in the HoN series but it was Race of Scorptions (3rd book in HoN) with which I started even without the backstory I fell in love with Dunnett's writing, but I find myself constantly surprised on how different and young Niccolas is in the first book.
First impression: I think I like A Game of King's opening better than NR. GoK's opening was fun to read, NR's in comparison felt a tad more graver, it didn't have the sense of whimsy GoK had.
Still, I've just begun reading so I'm going to withold judgment til then.