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With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she delivered to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grandedame of the historic book, provides The Home of Niccolò series. The full time may be the 15th-century, when intrepid retailers turned the brand new knighthood of Europe. Included in this, none is bigger or even more crafty than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the great-natured dyer's apprentice who swashbuckles and strategies his method to the helm of the mercantile empire.       The entire year 1464 discovers Nicholas in Venice. Affected by opponents bent on dissolving his belongings and covering his personality, he sets sail for Africa, renowned located area of the Elixir of youth, home to some descendant of Sheba and Solomon, and the origin of platinum such variety that males would rather negotiate in covers.