Understanding Thady Boy Ballagh
Overview and Issues
[edit | edit source]- The author presents a sympathetic analysis of what led to Lymond's guise of Thady Boy Ballagh.
Abstract
[edit | edit source]The article was written in 2006 in response to a reader who found Lymond as Thady Boy Ballagh "unattractive". She counters this view commencing with the psychological insights we gain into Lymond, his brutal background pre-QP and how possible PTSD accounts for many of his actions in QP. She also argues that he already knows all the lessons he supposedly learns in QP. Indeed, she argues that it is Phelim O'LiamRoe and Margaret Erskine who learn the most.
Author
[edit | edit source]Dunnett Book Citations
[edit | edit source]Historical People
[edit | edit source]- Dorothy Dunnett
- Thomas Erskine - Master of Erskine
- Mary de Guise - Dowager Queen of Scotland
Fictional Characters
[edit | edit source]- Francis Crawford of Lymond
- Turkey Matt
- Christian Stewart
- Phelim O'LiamRoe - Prince of Barrow, Lord of the Slieve Bloom
Locations
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Illustrations
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Historical Events
[edit | edit source]- Mary of Guises's journey to France in 1551 to see her young daughter, Mary Queen of Scots.
Other References
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Quotes from Dunnett
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