TLWL 4
To Lie With Lions Chapter 4
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]May – July 1471
- April, Anselm Adorne et al. returned to Bruges (referred to as a past event) (Vintage p. 42; Kindle loc. 1199).
- May, Katelijne visits Tilde (Vintage p. 44; Kindle loc. 1237).
- 3 June, Nicholas leaves Ham, “ten days” before “the thirteenth day of June” (Vintage p. 42; Kindle loc. 1197-98) and travels “directly to Hesdin” (Vintage p. 52; Kindle loc. 1397).
- Early June, Nicholas meets with Duke Charles at Hesdin.<ref>“two weeks [before] his summons would reach Mistress Clémence in Dijon” (Vintage p. 56; Kindle loc. 1484)</ref>
- About 12 June, Katelijne visits Tilde again, and they talk about Gelis’s expected arrival.<ref>This is after Diniz and Tilde receive Gelis’s letter, which Gelis could not have sent from Cologne earlier than 8 June (when she received Nicholas’s message, via courier from Diniz; see UH 2), and “Cologne was only four days from Bruges” (in UH 2: Vintage p. 18; Kindle loc. 718).</ref>
- 13 June, Gelis arrives in Bruges (Vintage p. 42; Kindle loc. 1197).
- “mid- June”, Clémence receives Nicholas’s summons (Vintage p. 51; Kindle loc. 1380).
- “a week later”, Nicholas’s summons arrives in the Tyrol (Vintage p. 51; Kindle loc. 1381).
- “late June”, Moriz and John le Grant leave the Tyrol (Vintage p. 51; Kindle loc. 1385).
- July, Nicholas summons Gelis to the camp near Hesdin, “a month” after she arrived in Bruges (Vintage pp. 43, 48; Kindle loc. 1227, 1323).
Fictional Characters
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- Gelis van Borselen
- Tilde de Charetty
- Catherine de Charetty
- Diniz Vasquez
- Marian, Tilde’s daughter
- Jordan de Fleury, “M. le bouton de Fleury”
- Clémence de Coulanges
- Pasque
- Enguerrand de Damparis
- Yvonnet de Damparis
- John le Grant
- Father Moriz
- Nicholas de Fleury
- Astorre
- Julius (referenced)
- Margot (referenced)
- Banco di Niccolò (referenced)
- Charetty company (referenced)
- Simon de St Pol (referenced)
- Jordan de Ribérac, or Jordan de St Pol (referenced)
- Henry de St Pol (referenced)
- Gregorio (referenced)
- Marian de Charetty, “Tilde’s mother” (referenced)
- Dr Tobias (referenced)
- Primaflora (referenced)
- Katelina van Borselen, Gelis’ sister (referenced)
- Sophie de Fleury (referenced)
- Thibault, vicomte de Fleury (referenced)
- Adelina de Fleury, Thibault’s daughter (referenced)
- Tasse (referenced)
Non-Fictional Characters
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- Katelijne Sersanders
- Duke Sigismond
- Duchess Eleanor
- Guillaume de Hugonet, Chancellor
- Charles, Duke of Burgundy
- Anselm Adorne (referenced)
- Adorne’s wife (referenced)
- Jan Adorne (referenced)
- Mary of Scotland, Countess of Arran (referenced)
- Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran (referenced)
- Thomas Boyd’s father (referenced)
- Wolfaert van Borselen (referenced)
- Tobie’s “hated uncle” (referenced)
- King Louis of France (referenced)
- King Edward, or “York” (referenced)
- Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy (referenced)
- Chancellor Hugonet’s brother (referenced)
- Another Hugonet who had served Burgundy (referenced)
- Scottish King (referenced)
- Frederick, Emperor of the Germanies (referenced)
- René of Anjou (referenced)
- René’s grandson (referenced)
Locations
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- Burgundy
- Flanders
- Bruges
- Hôtel Jerusalem
- Charetty-Niccolò house
- Spangnaerts Street
- Veere
- House Gelis had previously shared with Margot and Jodi
- Dijon
- ”Fortified farmhouse”
- De Fleury crypt
- De Fleury “family home”
- Tyrol
- Artois
- Hesdin
- Hesdin Palace
- Somme River
- Authie River
- France (referenced)
- Ham Castle (referenced)
- Cologne (referenced)
- Chouzy (referenced)
- Anjou (referenced)
- Angers Castle (referenced)
- Guelders (referenced)
- Paris (referenced)
- Brittany (referenced)
- Brussels (referenced)
- Venice (referenced)
- Portugal (referenced)
- St Pol property in Portugal (referenced)
- Madeira (referenced)
- Lagos (referenced)
- Rome (referenced)
- Pavia (referenced)
- Cyprus (referenced)
- Africa (referenced)
- Florence (referenced)
- Milan (referenced)
- The East (referenced)
- England (referenced)
- Scotland (referenced)
Literature
[edit | edit source]Other References
[edit | edit source]- Pilgrimage
- Flea paste
- Warming-apple
- Bouton de Fleury
- Petit mafflu
- Machiniste
- Fatiste
- Master of Secrets
- Triptych
- Fireworks
- English civil war
- Title: King of the Romans
- Title: Holy Roman Emperor
- Golden Fleece
Quotes from Dunnett
[edit | edit source]Kathi’s eyes, as sometimes happened, had lost focus. She concentrated again. ‘I liked Scotland,’ she said. ‘I shouldn’t mind going back.’ (Vintage p. 45; Kindle loc. 1252-53)
Controversies
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