Disorderly Knights - Dorothy Dunnett [2]
In the last part of the book, the feud between the Scotts and the Kerrs and its climax is authentic also, as was the betrayal of Paris by Cormac O’Connor. The rest is conjecture.
LEADING CHARACTERS
All of the following are recorded in history save for the characters distinguished by an asterisk.
Members of the Noble Order of Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta:
JUAN DE HOMEDÈS, Grand Master of the Order, 1536–53
NICHOLAS DURAND DE VILLEGAGNON, Knight of the Order
*GRAHAM REID MALETT, (Gabriel) Grand Cross of Grace and Hon. Bailiff of the Order
LEONE STROZZI, Prior of Capua and Commander of the King of France’s Mediterranean fleet
FRANCIS OF LORRAINE, Grand Prior in France of the Order, and brother of the Scottish Queen Dowager
*JEROTT BLYTH, of Scotland and Nantes, Knight of the Order
GALATIAN DE CÉSEL, Knight of the Order and Governor of Gozo
NICHOLAS UPTON, Turcopilier or Officer of the English Tongue within the Order
SERVING BROTHER DES ROCHES, of the Châtelet, Tripoli
MICHEL DE SEURRE, Sieur de Lumigny, Knight of the Order
BAILIFF GEORGE ADORNE, Knight of the Order and Governor of Mdina
MARSHAL GASPARD DE VALLIER, Knight of the Order and Governor of Tripoli
SIR JAMES SANDILANDS OF CALDER, Preceptor-General of the House of Torphichen of the Order in Scotland
Other French, or in the French Service:
ANNE DE MONTMORENCY, Marshal, Grand Master and Constable of France
PIERO STROZZI, Seigneur de Belleville, Count de Languillara, Florentine colonel of infantry under the King of France and brother of Leone Strozzi
GABRIEL DE LUETZ, Baron et Seigneur d’Aramon et de Valabrègues, French Ambassador to Turkey
HENRI CLEUTIN, Seigneur d’Oisel et de Villeparisis, French Ambassador and Lieutenant-General to the King of France in Scotland
NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Sieur d’Arfeville et de Bel Air, cosmographer to the King of France
Irish:
CORMAC O’CONNOR, heir to Brian Faly O’Connor, rebel Irish chieftain against England
*OONAGH O’DWYER, his former mistress
GEORGE PARIS, an agent between Ireland and France
Scots, or Closely Connected with the Scots:
*FRANCIS CRAWFORD OF LYMOND, Comte de Sevigny
*RICHARD CRAWFORD, third Baron Culter, his brother
*SYBILLA, the Dowager Lady Culter, his mother
*MARIOTTA, Richard’s Irish-born wife
*KEVIN CRAWFORD, Master of Culter, Richard’s infant son
SIR WALTER SCOTT OF BUCCLEUCH, Warden of the Middle Marches and Justiciar of Liddesdale
SIR WILLIAM SCOTT OF KINCURD, Younger of Buccleuch, his heir
JANET BEATON, Lady of Buccleuch, his wife
GRIZEL BEATON, Lady (Younger) of Buccleuch, sister to Janet Beaton and wife to Will Scott
ROBERT BEATON OF CREICH, Captain of Falkland, their brother
MARY OF GUISE, Queen Mother of Scotland, and mother of the child Mary, Queen of Scots
SIR PETER CRANSTON OF CRANSTONE Border landowner, neighbour of the Kerrs and the Scotts
*JOLETA REID MALETT, sister to Sir Graham Reid Malett
*EVANGELISTA DONATI OF VENICE, Joleta’s governess and duenna
SIR THOMAS ERSKINE, Master of Erskine, Chief Scots Privy Councillor and Special Ambassador
MARGARET ERSKINE, née Fleming, his wife
JENNY, LADY FLEMING, mother to Margaret Erskine, and former mistress to the King of France
JOHN THOMPSON, (Jockie, Tamsín) sea rover
HOUGH ISA, a friendly lady open to barter
English:
*KATE SOMERVILLE, mistress of Flaw Valleys
*PHILIPPA, her daughter
*CHEESE-WAME HENDERSON, their servant
Turks, or in Turkish Pay:
DRAGUT RAIS, Anatolian corsair in Turkish service
SAL AH RAIS, corsair in Turkish service and joint lieutenant with Dragut
SINAN PASHA OF SMYRNA, General in command of Sultan Suleiman’s expedition
THE AGA MORAT, Lord of Tagiura and ally of the Sultan Suleiman
*SALABLANCA, a Moor from Spain enslaved by the Knights
*GÜZEL, companion to Dragut Rais
*KEDI,