RC 1.3
The Ringed Castle Part 1 Chapter 3
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]Spring 1555
Fictional Characters
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- Danny Hislop
- Alec Guthrie
- Fergie Hoddim
- Ludovic d'Harcourt
- Lancelot Plummer
- Roger Brown
- Alan Vassey
- Adam Blacklock
- Francis Crawford of Lymond
- Güzel
- Kiaya Khatún
- Ostafi, a Russian monk and interpreter.
Non-Fictional Characters
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- Tsar Ivan IV (referenced)
- Dmitri Donsky
- Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna (referenced)
- Prince Alexei Adashev
- Sylvester
- Prince Mikulinsky
- Metropolitan Makary
- Prince Pronsky-Shemyakin
- Prince Vyazemsky
- Prince Mstislavsky
- Prince Andreevich
- Peter Mozorov
- Ivan Sheremeter
- Prince Andrei Kurbsky
- Viscovatu
- Aristotle Fioravanti (referenced)
- Marco Ruffo (referenced)
- Pietro Solario (referenced)
- Diccon Chancellor (referenced)
- Kurlyatev
- Yuri Glinsky (referenced)]
- Ivashka Peresvetov (referenced)
- Paletsky
Locations
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- Russia
- France (referenced)
- Turkey (referenced)
- Moscow
- Sevigny (referenced)
- Lübeck (referenced)
- The Kremlin
- Frolovskaya Tower
- Kazan (referenced)
- Astrakhan (referenced)
- Lithuania (referenced)
- Poland (referenced)
- Monastery of St. Nicholas
- Monastery of St. Constantine
- Monastery of St. Helen
- Monastery of St. Saviour
- Vorobievo (referenced)
- Uspenski Cathedral
- Cathedral of St. Michael Archangel
- Poland (referenced)
- Lithuania (referenced)
- Turkey (referenced)
- The Baltic (referenced)
- Astrakhan (referenced)
- Wallachia (referenced)
- Bohemia (referenced)
- Kitaigorov (referenced)
Literature
[edit | edit source]- There cannot be a ruler without terror. Like a steed under the rider without a bridle, so is a realm without terror - Ivashka Peresvetov
- In whatever realm there is justice, there God abides and gives it great aid; and God's wrath is not visited on that realm. Ivashka Peresvetov
Other References
[edit | edit source]- Hetaera
- Boyar
- Rouble
- Florin
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Voevoda .
- Duma
- Streltsi
- Arquebus
- Cossacks
- Appanage
- Metropolitan
- Kazan Cap of State
- Magna, Horus and Harpocrates
- china blue
- Rublev frescoes
- Virgin of the Don
- Christ with the Angry Eye
- Kama sandstone
- Berozevites
- Field-piece
- Maeve
Translations
[edit | edit source]- Ipso facto - Legal Latin: "by the fact itself."
- Mon dieu - French: "my God."
- À l'oeil fâcheux - French: "of the angry eye."
Quotes from Dunnett
[edit | edit source]- It is axiomatic to select the right armour, whatever the battle.
- If you want Russia, mistress mine, you shall have it.
- This garden of towers.
- "So?" said Danny Hislop. "Our powder and arrows are going to run out of us some time. And so are our food and water and joie de vivre and good books and everything. Why not walk out now and get made into somebody's favourite slave?"
Controversies
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