Authors: Dorothy Dunnett
Caprice and Rondo (3 page)
House of Niccolò
Nicholas de Fleury, former governor of the Banco di Niccolò Szalec Jelita, his servant
VENICE BANCO DI NICCOLÒ:
Gregorio of Asti, lawyer and director
Margot, his wife
Jaçon, their son
Egidia (Gelis) van Borselen, wife of Nicholas de Fleury
Jordan (Jodi), their son
Clémence de Coulanges, his nurse
Pasque, his former nursemaid
Captain Cuthbert, his Scottish master-at-arms
Raffo, his ‘groom’
Manoli, ‘servant’ to Clémence
Tobias Beventini of Grado, physician
LOW COUNTRIES: HOF CHARETTY—NICCOLÒ, BRUGES:
Diniz Vasquez, director, nephew of Simon de St Pol
Mathilde (Tilde) de Charetty, his wife, step-daughter of Nicholas
Marian, their daughter
Catherine de Charetty, Tilde’s unmarried younger sister
Father Moriz of Augsburg, chaplain and co-manager
Govaerts of Brussels, management, Bruges and Cologne
Jooris, agent in Antwerp
GERMAN COMPANY:
Julius of Bologna, notary and director
Gräfin Anna von Hanseyck, his wife
Bonne, her daughter
Brygidy, her maid
Petru, her guide
Friczo Straube, company agent in Thorn
Sinbaldo di Manfredo, company agent, Black Sea
MERCENARY COMPANY:
Astorre (Syrus de Astariis), mercenary commander
Thomas, deputy to Astorre
John le Grant, engineer, gunner, sailing-master
PERIPATETIC:
Michael Crackbene, shipmaster
Ochoa de Marchena, former sailing-master on African voyage
Duchy of Burgundy
DUCAL HOUSEHOLD AND ARMY:
Charles, Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, Count of Flanders, Holland, Zeeland, etc.