The Spring of the Ram  - first US edition

by Dorothy Dunnett

Second novel in the eight novel House of Niccolo series; trade, war, and political intrigue during the late 15th century; 469 pages. Maps on front and rear end papers.

Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, Nicholas sails the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead. Nicholas' stepdaughter--at the tender age of thirteen--has eloped with his rival in trade: a Machiavellian Genoese who races ahead of Nicholas, sowing disaster at every port. And time is of the essence: Trebizond may fall to the Turks at any moment.

Book is burgundy boards with burgundy cloth spine, gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards, in very good condition with a like dust jacket.