Gemini - Dorothy Dunnett [1]
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Part IV
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Part V
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Epílogue
Reader’s Guide
About the Author
Other Books by This Author
The House of Niccolò Series by Dorothy Dunnett
Copyright
Characters
from February 1477
(Those marked * are recorded in history)
Rulers
*England: King Edward IV, House of York
*Scotland: King James III, House of Stewart
*France: King Louis XI, House of Valois
*Burgundy, Brabant and Flanders: Duchess Marie
*Pope: Sixtus IV (della Rovere)
*Florence: Lorenzo II de’ Medici (Il Magnifico)
*Venice: Doges Andrea Vendramin, Giovanni Mocenigo
*German Emperor and King of the Romans: Frederick III
*Scandinavia: Christian I of Oldenburg; John (Hans)
*Ottoman Empire: Sultan Mehmet II; Bayezid II
*Persia: Uzum Hasan
*Muscovy: Grand Duke Ivan III
House of Niccolò
PRESENT AND FORMER COMPANY MEMBERS:
Nicholas de Fleury of Bruges, merchant-founder of the now devolved European Banco di Niccolò
Egidia (Gelis) van Borselen, his wife
Jordan (Jodi) de Fleury, his son
Manoli, Jordan’s bodyguard
Captain Cuthbert, Jordan’s master-at-arms
Lowrie, steward and chamber-servant to Nicholas
Mailie and Ella, house-servants
Michael Crackbene, shipmaster
Ada, his wife
Tobias Beventini of Grado, physician
Clémence de Coulanges, his wife
John le Grant, engineer, gunner, sailing-master
IN GERMANY:
Julius of Bologna, lawyer and director
Bonne von Hanseyck, regarded as step-daughter to Julius through his late wife, Adelina de Fleury
Sister Monika, her companion
Father Moriz of Augsburg, chaplain and metallurgist
Govaerts of Brussels, manager
IN VENICE:
Gregorio of Asti, lawyer and director
Margot, his wife
Jaçon, their son
IN LOW COUNTRIES:
Diniz Vasquez, director, nephew of Simon de St Pol, q.v.
Mathilde (Tilde) de Charetty, his wife, step-daughter of Nicholas
Catherine de Charetty, younger sister of Tilde, also step-daughter of Nicholas
Marian and Lucia, daughters of Diniz and Tilde
Duchy of Burgundy:
*Dowager Duchess Margaret of York, widow of Duke Charles of Burgundy, sister of King Edward IV of England
*Marie, Duchess of Burgundy and Brabant, Countess of Flanders, Holland, Zeeland etc., daughter of Duke Charles by a previous wife
*Bastard Anthony of Burgundy, natural brother of Duke Charles
*Philip of Burgundy, his son
*William Hugonet, lord of Saillant, Époisses et Lys, Viscount of Ypres, Chancellor of the Duchy, brother of Cardinal Philibert Hugonet in Rome, q.v.
*Hugo vander Goes, Ghent artist
BRUGES, GHENT AND LILLE:
*Anselm (Seaulme) Adorne, Baron Cortachy, ducal adviser, magistrate and burgomaster of Bruges, Conservator of Scots Privileges. Offspring include:
*Jan Adorne, oldest son, educ. Paris and Pavia; lawyer with Curia; canon of St Peter’s, Lille
*Antoon, another son, also canon in Lille
*Maarten, in Carthusian monastery of St Kruis
*Margareta, in Carthusian convent of St Andries
*Lewisje, in St Trudo Convent, Steenbrugge
*Pieter, sheriff and doctor in law in Ghent; married, with daughters
*Anselm, unmarried
*Euphemia, unmarried
*Elizabeth and *Marie, married, without sons
*Arnaud, Adorne’s second youngest son
*Agnes von Nieuenhove, his wife
*Agnes and *Aerendtken, their children
*Katelijne (Kathi) Sersanders, Adorne’s niece
*Robin of Berecrofts, of Scottish merchant family, her husband
Rankin and Margaret, her children by Robin
Mistress Cristen, her nurse
*Anselm (Saunders) Sersanders, her brother, Adorne’s nephew
*John Sersanders of Ghent, their kinsman
*Guy de Brimeu, sire de Humbercourt, military leader and adviser to the late Duke on finance
*Paul van Overtweldt of Bruges, Deputy