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Gemini

House of Niccolo, Book 8

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Gemini

By: Dorothy Dunnett
Narrated by: John Banks
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Gemini by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks.

GEMINI represents the final appearance of Nicholas de Fleury, who opened this series as a carefree, clumsy 18 year old apprentice in Flanders. Now he is in his thirties. The culmination of this amazing series sees Niccolo face his toughest battle yet, against an enemy who will tax every skill he has acquired over the course of the last few years...

©2000 Dorothy Dunnett (P)2018 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Medieval Political Romance Fiction Middle Ages

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This, the final book of Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolò series, is outstanding in every respect. Her writing is at its finest, the intricacies of the plot and the final drawing together of all the strands of this eight book series are masterful, the larger-than-life characters are exceptionally well-drawn, the skilful weaving in of throughly-researched historical events is unsurpassed, and John Banks' skill a a narrator is exceptional - I will be coming back to listen to this again and again.

Outstanding in every respect

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Well I have to say as usual in every single one these books in the series there was an unexpected twist. Never even for one moment did I consider this twist. A fitting ending to a really great series. I have thoroughly enjoyed every single book.
John Banks is brilliant as the narrator all the way through. Other Narrators / actors take note, just because you can act and rely on the visual effect, does not mean you can narrate and hold a listening audience spell bound.

A Really Great Series

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Sad to finish this saga. Fabulous writing and fittingly good narration. Niccolo and Lymond my favourite heroes. Read and love.

A wonderful journey from a wonderful author

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John Banks has narrated all 8 books in the famous House of Niccolo series - a marathon task and one which he has very nearly smashed. His accents - Polish, Scandinavian, African, Italian and French - have helped to delineate the multitude of Dorothy Dunnett's characters. His Scots accent is authentic and his medieval Scots praiseworthy.
But why didn't someone check the pronunciation ? Wynd is wined not wind, Cortachy is CORtachy not CorTACKY and lots of other slips (clipped for clyped) jar on the Scots ear.
This is nitpicking - he has rendered the convoluted story understandable and the whole series is a (very long) treat.

End of a marathon listen

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Now I have reread the whole Nicolo series, and don't think it impossible that I will read the books yet again; there is so much content that different parts spring to the foreground on a second reading. The only annoying thing about this particular book is the mispronunciation of Scottish place names, and the use of "burg" instead of "borough" throughout. Anyone who has lived in Edinburgh knows it is Boroughmuir, and this doesn't preclude talking about the inhabitants as "burgers".

Authentic accent, but many mispronunciations.

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Both the Niccolo and Lymond series are brilliant and I cannot understand how they have not been scooped up and turned into a fabulous Netflix series. Meanwhile it is lovely to have them on Audible.

Why not a film?

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