-- Washington Post Book World. With the same meticulous scholarship and narrative legerdemain she brought to her hugely popular Lymond Chronicles, our foremost historical novelist travels further into the past. In King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett's stage is the wild, half-pagan country of eleventh-century Scotland. Her hero is an ungainly /5(5). Q After reading and re-reading King Hereafter I wondered if Dorothy Dunnett had been influenced by Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. Kristin appears to take place about two generations after King Hereafter. It is almost like the gap between Nicholas and Lymond. · King Hereafter is somewhat unusual among Dunnett’s novels – for one thing, it is not part of a series but a stand-alone, for another, it is her only novel that has an actual historic figure as its main character. Or possibly two, for the novel has also something like a thesis, namely that Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney was identical with MacBeth, King of Alba (best known from Shakespeare’s play, of course)/5(2K).
In King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett's stage is the wild, half-pagan country of eleventh-century Scotland. Her hero is an ungainly young earl with a lowering brow and a taste for intrigue. He calls himself Thorfinn but his Christian name is Macbeth. A List of Characters as they appear in King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett As referred to in Whispering Gallery , a list of King Hereafter characters. Dorothy's UK publisher, Penguin, has made a set of short reading guides available, which raise lots of interesting discussion points. These are great for reading groups (and. InKing Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett's stage is the wild, half-pagan country of eleventh-century Scotland. Her hero is an ungainly young earl with a lowering brow and a taste for intrigue. He calls himself Thorfinn but his Christian name is Macbeth.
The Dunnett Companions do NOT cover King Hereafter. They don't even cover the glancing references in HUNT – I just checked. I agree on the dynamism; I've noticed it is there in many first works, and missing in later ones, not just Dunnett's work. My favorite character is KH is Thorkel, I think. King Hereafter is somewhat unusual among Dunnett’s novels – for one thing, it is not part of a series but a stand-alone, for another, it is her only novel that has an actual historic figure as its main character. Or possibly two, for the novel has also something like a thesis, namely that Thorfinn, Earl of Orkney was identical with MacBeth, King of Alba (best known from Shakespeare’s play, of course). The main characters of King Hereafter novel are John, Emma. The book has been awarded with Booker Prize, Edgar Awards and many others. One of the Best Works of Dorothy Dunnett. published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format for offline reading.
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