To Lie with Lions The House of Niccolo 6

<p><b>The exquisitely-researched standalone prequel series to Dorothy Dunnett''s revered Lymond Chronicles, following the ancestors of Francis Crawford of Lymond in Continental Europe.<br></b><br><i>To Lie With Lions</i> is Book Six in The House of Niccolo series.<br><br><i><b>-----------------------------</b></i><br><br><b>''We are going to the Westmann Isles. We are going to tamper with Nature, defy law and cheat pirates. We are going to sail the stiffening ocean to Iceland.''<br></b><br>It is 1471 and Nicholas de Fleury has confounded the Lions of Europe - the courts of England, France, Burgundy, Venice and Cyprus. The very future of the continent hinges on the fate of his bank, the enigmatic House of Niccolo.<br><br>Yet Nicholas'' attention appears to lie elsewhere. Having overcome the schemings of his wife, Gelis, he now seeks a truce. He looks north to the lands of ice and fire, and new treasure to wrestle from the hands of rivals.<br><br>And, in Edinburgh, there is a play to perform - one that might have repercussions for those puzzled but powerful Lions . . .<br><br>''Imaginative, scholarly and compelling'' <b><i>Mail on Sunday </i></b></p>