You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that’s partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves – the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.
Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.
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| Birth: | 25th August, 1923 |
| Death: | 9th November, 2001 |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Profession: | Novelist |
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Dorothy Dunnett was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. She was a Scottish historical novelist. She wrote a novel about the historical Macbeth called King Hereafter, and a series of mystery novels centred on Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter/spy. Her first novel, The Game of Kings, was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. We were founded in 2001 by Dorothy Dunnett just after her last book, Gemini, was published and the 2000 Gatherings were held in Edinburgh and Philadelphia.
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