Whispering Gallery, Issue 149
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The epic sword fight between Lymond and Richard at Flaw Valleys is one of the great set pieces in the novels. December’s Whispering Gallery focuses on the choreography of the fight as Dorothy Dunnett describes it, comparing the scene to sword fights in well-known films and to the techniques used in contemporary fencing.
We have an in-depth examination of the damage inflicted on the city of Edinburgh during the Rough Wooing, and examine the Bektashi mystical tradition that is espoused by Marthe.
We look at the prophecies Lulach makes throughout King Hereafter and we begin a new series mapping where scenes of action located in the Scottish and English borders take place, starting with the Sheep in Helmets.
And if you thought the bodice-ripper covers of the early editions of the Chronicles were a mismatch, take a look at the latest in our covers series, ‘Loose Ladies in the Night’ depicted on the German Dolly paperbacks.
- The Chairman’s Column
- Trustees’ Notice Board
- Members’ Page
- The Race
- The Bektashi Order and Marthe
- Literary Dinner, Dundee
- Routes through the Marches
- A Dunnett Lexicon
- The Rough Wooing of Edinburgh: 1544
- Wrapping Up Dunnett
- Crawford, the Chameleon
- The Prophecies of Lulach
- Choreographing a Duel
- Understanding Gelis, Part Three
- Talking Point
- A Letter from Dorothy Dunnett
- That’s Relevant!
- A Letter from Dorothy Dunnett
Published December 2020
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