QP 2.3
Queens’ Play – Part 2 – Chapter 3 – Aubigny: Boldness of Denial
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]- Autumn – Margaret Erskine writes to Tom. “That autumn” (Vintage, p128).
- 25 ? November – Mary Queen of Scots calls on O’LiamRoe to thank him for Luadhas’ heroism after “two days’ agony” (Vintage, pp128–129).
- 28 November – King Henri II arrives at Blois (Vintage, p128; historical date from dispatch<ref>http://books.google.de/books?id=R7gKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA63&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>by James Mason, No. 264).
- December? – Thady Boy and Robin Stewart talk, each advising the other to quit his current employment. “On the eve of … a two-day visit” to Aubigny (Vintage, pp130–131).
- December? – First day of visit to Aubigny, including Lymond as Quetzalcoatl (Vintage, pp131-136).
- December? – Second day of visit to Aubigny. Rope Dancing by Tosh. The Irish spend the night in Neuvy, return to Blois the next day (Vintage, pp136–138).
Fictional Characters
[edit | edit source]- Francis Crawford of Lymond
- Persona: Thady Boy Ballagh
- Luadhas (referenced)
- Oonagh O’Dwyer (referenced)
- Phelim O’LiamRoe
- Piedar Dooly
- Theresa Boyle
- Tosh (referenced)
Non-Fictional Characters
[edit | edit source]- Andrea del Sarto (referenced)
- Constable of France (referenced)
- Benvenuto Cellini (referenced)
- Catherine de Medicis (referenced)
- Charles V, the ‘weakening Emperor’ (referenced)
- Claude of Valois (referenced)
- Cormac O’Connor (referenced)
- D’Enghien (referenced)
- Duke de Guise, Mary’s ‘charming uncle’
- Duns Scotus (referenced)
- Duret (referenced)
- Elizabeth of Valois (referenced)
- Francis I of France (referenced)
- Francis, Dauphin of France (referenced)
- George Douglas, Master of Angus
- Golden Cormac (referenced)
- Henri II (referenced)
- Il Primaticcio (referenced)
- James Douglas, 7th Baron Drumlanrig (referenced)
- Earl of Arran (referenced)
- Jean Grolier (referenced)
- Jenny, Lady Fleming
- John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Aubigny (referenced)
- John Stewart, Lord d’Aubigny
- Leonardo da Vinci (referenced)
- Leonard Limousin (referenced)
- Diane de Poitiers (referenced)
- Margaret Erskine
- Marguerite of France (referenced)
- Queen Dowager of Scotland (referenced)
- Marshal de St André (referenced)
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Michael Scott (referenced)
- Michaelangelo (referenced)
- Philibert Delorme (referenced)
- Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (referenced)
- Prince of Condé (referenced)
- Richard Pynson (referenced)
- Robin Stewart
- Rosso Fiorentino (referenced)
- The Pénicauds (referenced)
- Thomas Erskine
- Vidame de Chartres (referenced)
Locations
[edit | edit source]- Anet (referenced)
- Aubigny-sur-Nère
- Augsburg (referenced)
- Blois
- Castle Aubigny
- Chantilly (referenced)
- Chenonceaux (referenced)
- Curragh (referenced)
- Ecouen (referenced)
- Florence (referenced)
- La Sologne (referenced)
- La Verrerie
- Liffey (referenced)
- Neuvy
- Orléans (referenced)
Literature
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[edit | edit source]Other References
[edit | edit source]- Aztec mask
- Bran
- Cellini saltcellar
- Conbec
- Cradle between two coffins
- Crotel
- Doux Nenny
- Druimcli
- François au Grand Nez
- Funambulism
- Gobbam Saer
- Mockado
- Non si puo: il signor e accompagnato
- Prick song
- Quetzalcoatl
- The country is stronger than the lord
- Vieille ridée, vieille édentée
Quotes from Dunnett
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Controversies
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