TLWL 27
To Lie with Lions Chapter 27
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]March 1472
Fictional Characters
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- Sigfus
- Nicholas vander Poele
- Glimu-Sveinn
- Dr Andreas (referenced)
- Glimu-Sveinn’s uncle
- Jodi de Fleury (referenced)
Non-Fictional Characters
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- Kathi Sersanders
- Anselm Sersanders
- Bishop of Skalholt (referenced)
- Governor of Skalholt (referenced)
- Pauel Benecke
- Herra Oddur (referenced)
- Rene of Anjou (referenced)
- Emperor Frederick (referenced)
- Robin of Berecrofts (referenced)
- Nostradamus (referenced)
Locations
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- Iceland
- Tyrol (referenced)
- Skalholt (referenced)
- Bergen (referenced)
- Markarfljot (referenced)
- Hekla
- Bessastadir (referenced)
- Hvita (referenced)
- Hvallavellir (referenced)
- Katla (referenced)
- Venice (referenced)
Literature
[edit | edit source]- My Sole cleaveth to the Pavement (Psalm 119:25)
- Lead me to your bliss (from Ancrene Ruisse - guide for anchoresses)
Other References
[edit | edit source]- Norraena tongues
- Ptarmigan
- Hale and Howe Rumbylowe
- Lucifer, Master of Secrets (“Master of Secrets” is a title given to those who run the special effects of theatre plays)
- Vodnik (water goblins)
- Regnobi Nikuds
- Freya / Thor
- Concupiscientia oculorum (“lust of the eyes”)
- St Cuthbert’s sandals
- As declared St Augustine’s congregation of Hippo when he misquoted the Bible
- The Destroying Angel, Thor the Thunderer, Father of Slaughter and Desolation
- Junfru
- Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum
- Nicholas references Hesdin “Unlike Hesdin, everything works” (p 333 Vintage)
- Nicholas repeatedly thinks to the avalanche in NR 12: “Once, this had happened to him in the Alps. Correction: he had made it happen.” (p 338 Vintage)
- Nicholas thinks of the prophecy of the carob seed (p 341 Vintage)
- Rene and Frederick are mentioned in the chapter as they both maintained pirate armies
Quotes from Dunnett
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Controversies
[edit | edit source]- Nicholas’s divining
Previous/Next
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Pauel refusing to take his eyes off Kathi foreshadows his attempt on her in CR 6