UH 15
The Unicorn Hunt Chapter 15
[edit | edit source]Plot Summary
[edit | edit source]Dates
[edit | edit source]Third week in February, 1469 (same day as UH 13, and the next day)
Fictional Characters
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- Margot
- Gelis van Borselen
- Nicholas de Fleury
- Convent guest-master
- Abbess
- Nicholas’ captain, with forty men
- Armed men who capture Nicholas
- Gregorio (referenced)
- Ghost (referenced)
- Simon de St Pol (referenced)
- Umar (referenced)
- Other wives of Nicholas (Marian de Charetty and Primaflora) (referenced)
- Katelina van Borselen (referenced)
- Mick Crackbene (referenced)
- Lucia de St Pol (referenced)
- Henry de St Pol (referenced)
- Jordan de St Pol (referenced)
- “The best nurse money can buy” (referenced)
- Gelis’s son (referenced)
Non-Fictional Characters
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- Will Roger (referenced)
- Katelijne Sersanders (referenced)
- Colard Mansion (referenced)
Locations
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- Flanders
- Convent in Flanders
- Bruges (referenced)
- St Donatien (referenced)
- Africa (referenced)
- Cyprus (referenced)
- Scotland (referenced)
Literature
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Other References
[edit | edit source]- Spiced wine
- Feast of the Church, with candles and lamps
- Test for lactating nuns
- Foot-rot
- Evensong
- Magnificat
Quotes from Dunnett
[edit | edit source]- (From Margot’s POV) “Perhaps in their idyll in Africa, Gelis had truly plumbed the nature of Nicholas; had identified what other men had suspected: something that was not humane, or cheerful, or generous. She had seen perhaps that his famous stoicism was something to fear, as you would fear a wolf tormented by children. A wolf she had chosen to challenge.”
Controversies
[edit | edit source]- Jodi's paternity
- Gelis’s motivations
- Changes in Nicholas after the Wedding Night
- Henry's paternity
- War games between Nicholas and Gelis
- The Scottish Plan
Correspondences
[edit | edit source]- Gelis directs Margot to hide in an adjacent room and listen to her conversation with Nicholas. Compare GOK 3.2.2, in which Lymond instructs Will Scott to eavesdrop on him and Margaret Douglas.
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