I think you'll be very pleasantly surprised - I was saying to someone here the other day that they don't feel like they were written in the 1960's.
If you'd like to discuss them with other readers then use the hashtag #Dunnettcontent and they'll appear in the feed here of that name.
Is anyone else seeing a difference in what's displayed in the #Dunnettcontent feed between website and Android app?
For me, the latest posts on the website are the two by Donna Martina yesterday, but on Android those two aren't showing on 3 different devices. deck.blue and Skyefeed show them ok.
And plenty of knowledgeable people here should Wikipedia not have the answers.
Any mention of Dunnett here comes up in my #Dunnettcontent feed, and there's lots of background and commentary on my website at www.dorothydunnett.co.uk
If you do re-read you're welcome to join us.
Pawn In Frankincense, by Dorothy Dunnett.
That thousand-yard stare lasted for some time.
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There's still plenty of us around and helping new readers discover her work. Here on Bluesky i have the #Dunnettcontent feed, there's my own dorothydunnett.co.uk website and the Dorothy Dunnett Society is flourishing.
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So my mom is relinquishing the copy I gave her so now I have 2 travel copies.
Itโs all good. Dragon with a hoard.
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Replacement Niccolรฒ Rising obtained (prior copy with my mom). Week+ trip scheduled. Iโm doing this.
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Restarting Niccolรฒ next week. Surprised I held out this long.
The DDS is pleased to announce that the link for Jelle Deltombe's lecture on Anselm Adorne - Destined for Greatness, on Saturday 21 February at 3pm UK time, is now available on the website. The Q&A session will be on Saturday 7 March and the link for that will appear on the website.
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Registration for the DDS weekend in Renfrew (24-26 April 2026) is now available and will remain open until 28 February. See dunnettcentral.org/archives/9436 for details of speakers etc and how to register. #DunnettContent
Picture of the Adornesdomein in Bruges
The recording of Jelena Bakic's lecture today will be available shortly; the link will be posted on the website. Our next talk, on Saturday 21 February at 3pm UK time, is Jelle Deltombe on 'Anselm Adorne - Destined for Greatness'. Link will be on the website and emailed to members. #DunnettContent
The link for Dr Jelena Bakic's talk on Saturday is now available on the website under forthcoming events.
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The DDS is pleased to announce that the next in our series of international online lectures will be 'Defence from the Margin' by Dr Jelena Bakic at 3pm UK time on Saturday 7 February. It'll be on Zoom and the joining link will be emailed to members in the next week or so. #dunnettcontent
#Dunnett or #Dunnettcontent will do fine, but the feed will also pick up any mention of Dunnett or Lymond so we'll see it.
Enjoy your reading, and if you feel like chatting about it or have any questions just use the #Dunnettcontent hashtag and there's plenty of us who'll be interested or will be happy to help. Just watch out for spoilers - maybe don't follow the feed until later.
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I've just added a new page to the Dunnett website - a list of all the articles and reviews about Dorothy's books that I've so far been able to find.
www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/external-rev...
If you know of any others please let me know.
They are magnificent. I spent the last two years reading them and loved them. Also I yelled a lot at the #dunnettcontent feed and demanded pet pictures when the going got emotional.
!["...It was a French Christmas, a debonair Christmas full of frolic and folly; a spry Gallic unctuous Christmas.
[...]The Government blew a sigh of relief, eyed the cut of the white satin and, flinging its armour out of the window, bawled for its valet.
The Court danced. The Court played rough games and watched masques. Cardboard cumuli, joggling cautiously from ceiling to floor emitted Spirits of Love, giggling with siren voices half a tone sharp with nerves. Forty-two different kind of main dishes were offered at one sitting, and even the puddings burst asunder and became sweating cherubs from cardboard confinement and prone to emergency and fits of tears. ..."
Dorothy Dunnett: The Game of Kings](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fkwbj4rvj3bz5tix2e52tukm/bafkreiax47iei5t65kvujybo7f73i22rqq5abr42ptr5a3pfnevgnonicu)
"...It was a French Christmas, a debonair Christmas full of frolic and folly; a spry Gallic unctuous Christmas. [...]The Government blew a sigh of relief, eyed the cut of the white satin and, flinging its armour out of the window, bawled for its valet. The Court danced. The Court played rough games and watched masques. Cardboard cumuli, joggling cautiously from ceiling to floor emitted Spirits of Love, giggling with siren voices half a tone sharp with nerves. Forty-two different kind of main dishes were offered at one sitting, and even the puddings burst asunder and became sweating cherubs from cardboard confinement and prone to emergency and fits of tears. ..." Dorothy Dunnett: The Game of Kings
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This weekโs #dunnettquote reflects the season and says goodbye for a holiday until January.
Have a good time,
a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year!
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A site for fans of Edinburgh in olden times - including some fascinating virtual reconstructions.
www.old-edinburgh.com/blog
Haven't had a chance to explore it properly yet but it'll give you a better idea of some of the locations mentioned in LC a bit nearer the time period.
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The Dunnett Blog is back!
www.dorothydunnett.co.uk/blog/
As promised last week I've now managed to restore all the posts and have given it a facelift too.
As most of you will know my server had a double disk drive failure earlier this year and I had to put the main site on /2
And on here we have the #Dunnettcontent feed which picks up most mentions.
Feel free to ask here if you need any assistance (here being the #Dunnettcontent feed).
While we're mostly steeped in the 15th and 16th C historical content, there's a number of us who may be able to offer context for the Dollys as well.
