WG040
Whispering Gallery Issue 040 / WG040
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Date and Pages
[edit | edit source]- July 1993, 36 A4 Pages (including Covers)
Editor
[edit | edit source]Front Cover
[edit | edit source]- Standard cover with Border.
Back Cover
[edit | edit source]- Plain Blue cover.
Articles
[edit | edit source]- Editorial - Two topics: Upcoming Book Festival commencing August 14th 1993 and the upcoming publication of The Unicorn Hunt from HON Series.
- Dyes and Dyeing - Pt 2 - Includes two illustrations 1 - Dyeing cloth in the boiling vat. 2 - Dyeing skeins. The wringing hook hangs on the wall. From Pleitho Venice 1540 - Nan Masters
Ephemera
[edit | edit source]- Summer Niccoló Quiz - 23 Questions, plus Answers to Quiz in WG039
Letters
[edit | edit source]Scotland
[edit | edit source]- Lyn Campbell - myths concerning sacrificing of sons; Joleta and Lymond at Dumbarton and Boghall.
- Amanda Smith - Timeline for Johnson Johnson series
England
[edit | edit source]- Diana Crane - Feedback on Dorothy Dunnett Gathering at Enham Alamein in March 1993; Discussion on John Dee
- Sandra Hall - Potential influence of readers on Dorothy Dunnett's plot; Queen Dowager's motives in asking Lymond to go to France in Queens Play; enjoyment of Johnson Johnson novels.
- Ros Williams - Nicholas's difficult childhood; the ambiguity of punctuation at end of Scales of Gold; Lymond's and Philippa's potential future post Checkmate; speculation on the plot of future novels post-Scales of Gold based on actual historical events, with timeline, from mid-1468 - 1481.
- Jo Kirkham - Recounts trip to Rouen and Paris plus map of Paris in 1575 with notations on scenes from the Lymond Chronicles.
- Christine Stiles - Lymond's behaviour at Dumbarton; Lymond's hypocrisy regarding his attitude towards marriage.
- Audrey Beach - Nicholas' ancestry
- Christine Colbourne - observations on SOG
- Dianne St Claire - Similarities between Lymond and Alkibiades
- Anne Artymiuk - Character of Julius
Wales
[edit | edit source]- Mike Brain - Dorothy Dunnett's writing style
USA
[edit | edit source]- Laura Montgomery- Readers who fail to make moral judgements; How an Appellate Court would decide "Which child?"
- Sandra Sorenson- General observations
- Rita Burnett - How re-reads of the Lymond Chronicles reveal different personal interpretations; Jerott/Lymond/Marthe triad; Misleading use of the words'Mo Chridh'
- Louise Jones - Was Nicholas responsible for the death of major character?
- Nancy Silberstein - Comparison of motives of reprehensible characters in HON; How DD used Puzzles (riddled with riddles) in HON, the Lymond Chronicles and Johnson Johnson series; Katelina, Nicholas and seduction
- Liz Ignatuk- Rationale for Lymond marrying Philippa; Which child?; Nicholas' and Gelis' relationship; Lymond's "only selfish act"; Johnson's Johnson's medical problems
- Susan Morris McGhee - Relationship between Nicholas and Henry
Canada
[edit | edit source]- Sharel Miller - The complexity of Nicholas' character; the Van Borselen ladies; the appearance of the Vataachino
Forthcoming Events
[edit | edit source]- Noticeboard: Confraternity of Francis & Niccoló. Following the success of her Niccolo Day, Jo Kirkham is inviting you to join another meeting of the Confraternity of Francis and Niccolo on Saturday 23rd October at the medieval Fletcher's House in Rye.
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[edit | edit source]- The Unicorn Hunt: Coming November. Inside front cover.
- Scales of Gold: Out now in paperback. Inside front cover
- The Johnson Johnson Mysteries: Moroccan Traffic and Operation Nassau coming soon in paperback. Inside back cover.
- The Lymond Chronicles. Inside back cover.
- King Hereafter. Inside back cover.