A talk by the author presented at Essex Day, 2009, on the intertwining of love, lust, friendship and mutual consideration throughout the LC, HON and KH. She discusses the sexual tensions in both series between the primary protagonists and principal female characters. She provides an analytical look at the relationships between Lymond and Philippa, Nicholas and Gelis and Thorfinn and Groa, and examines how Dorothy Dunnett used fear and loss to break the barrier between Philippa and Lymond as well as Gelis and Nicholas.
