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Here's a blog entry from Guy Gavriel Kay, a great Dorothy Dunnett fan, in which he discusses whether, in historical fiction, real figures should be confined to serving as backdrops for the playing out of the story of the author’s invented POV ones. He uses Dorothy's portrayal of Richard Chancellor as an example.

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Dorothy Dunnett has been chosen as the editor's "History Heroine" in the first of a new series of articles in the latest issue of History Scotland magazine.  You can order a digital copy at https://www.celebrate-scotland.co.uk/History-Scotland.

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Do you, like Heloise here, find Lymond less annoying in The Ringed Castle than in the earlier ones?

Philippa "is even more of a presence here than in the preceding instalment, her narrative weight almost equal to Lymond’s, and at least to my taste, considerably less annoying. Although it has to be said that for the first time in the series I found ( Read more... )

Blogger Annabel Gaskell is wondering whether to start reading the Lymond Chronicles on International Dorothy Dunnett Day (10th November) and would like to hear from people who have "done Dunnett".  Read more at Should I Do Dunnett?

And a "heavyweight cadre of fans"?  Why, yes!

The second International Dorothy Dunnett Day (IDDD) will take place on Saturday 10th November 2012.  Once again, Dunnett Readers across the world will meet in homes, restaurants, pubs, parks, museums or any other location; and at 13.00 (1 pm) local time raise a glass to toast the Lady who started it all.  If you would like to help organise an IDDD ( Read more... )