DK 2.7

The Disorderly Knights - Part 2: The Eight Pointed Cross - Chapter VII: But Allâh Disposes (Tripoli, August 1551)

Plot Summary

Lymond frees Thompson from the Turkish galley. The Turks start bombarding Tripoli. At the Turkish camp Gabriel tells Dragut Rais that Oonagh is pregnant and that he is interested to buy the child if it is blond. At Tripoli, desertion as well as rumors of rebellion and dissent among the Knights becomes a problem. Governor de Vallier refuses to use the ample supplies of gunpowder and weapons for the defence of the town.

Dates

• August 1551

Fictional Characters

• Francis Crawford of Lymond
• Gabriel
• Jerott Blyth
• Oonagh O’Dwyer (referenced)

Non Fictional Characters

• De Herrera, treasurer
• De Poissieu
• Dragut Rais
• Fustern (referenced)
• Gabriel de Luetz, Baron d’Aramon
• Gaspard de Vallier, Governor of Tripoli
• Guenara (referenced)
• John Thompson
• Our friend from Caraillon (referenced)
• Serving Brother des Roches
• Sinan Pasha
• The Calabrians

Locations

• Tripoli
• Châtelet, Tripoli
• St Angelo (referenced)
• St Brabe bulwark
• St James bulwark

Literature

• Déjà la nuit en son parc amasse

Other References

• Tae hud wir jeckets
• Een
• Corinthian columns

Quotes from Dunnett

none

Controversies

none

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