Marie Brennan: In Ashes Lie

I habitually put my research bibliography on my website, both to help any reader who wants to know more, and to acknowledge the scholars without whom I could never write these books. Where the latter is concerned, I must single out the late C. V. Wedgwood, who did more than any other historian I read to bring this period to life. Any historian will mention, for example, the attempted arrest of the Five Members, perhaps quoting one or two of the famous lines from the incident; Wedgwood goes on to say that Charles was accompanied by his nephew, and the Earl of Roxburgh was propping the door open, and some of the courtiers in the lobby mimed firing at the men in the Commons. Such details are more valuable than gold to a writer of historical fiction. All of the “real event” scenes in the first half of this book owe their truthfulness to Wedgwood; for the second half of the book and the Great Fire, I refer you to my Web site, and all the other scholars listed there.

I also owe an enormous debt of gratitude to those who aided me directly. Aside from all the wonderful LiveJournal folk who recommended references to me, I must thank Meriel Jeter and John Schofield at the Museum of London; Susanne Groom of Historic Royal Palaces; and Gwen Thomas, Robin Pyke, and Kate Robinson of the National Trust at Ham House. Ellen Rawson and Ian Walden rescued me from being at the mercy of the Sunday bus schedule in rural Oxfordshire; John Pritchard supplied me with valuable information about the history of the Vale; and Lothair Biedermann lent me a spot of help in placing labels on the map at the front of this book.

I don’t have names for all the individuals at the Guildhall Library and London Metropolitan Archives who aided me in my documentary research while I was in London, but all hail the honorable order of librarians, without whom I would have been lost.

And particular thanks to Kate Walton and Alye Helms, for more late-night (and sometimes afternoon) conversations about the book. Their comments kept me on course when I was lost in the wilds of seventeenth-century history—and one well-timed question from Kate regarding the Cailleach Bheur saved my sanity when I needed it most. The Kate in this novel is not named for her, but she feeds my general conviction that anyone with that name must be an excellent person indeed.

The Royal Family of England

Charles Stuart, first of that name— King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland

Henrietta Maria— Queen to Charles I

Charles Stuart, second of that name— Prince of Wales, and after King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland

Catherine of Braganza— Queen to Charles II

James Stuart— Duke of York, and brother to Charles II

James Stuart— late King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and father to Charles I

Mary Stuart— late Queen of Scots, and mother to King James

The House of Lords

William Laud— Archbishop of Canterbury

Thomas Wentworth— Lord Deputy of Ireland, created Earl of Strafford

Thomas Grey— Lord Grey of Groby

John Mordaunt— Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon, and a Royalist conspirator

Edward Hyde— later Earl of Clarendon, and a Royalist conspirator

William Craven— Earl of Craven

Maxwell— Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

The House of Commons

John Glanville— Speaker of the House of Commons

William Lenthall— Speaker of the House of Commons

Sir Antony Ware }

Thomas Soame }— aldermen and members for London

Isaac Penington }

John Pym— a Parliamentary leader

John Hampden }

Denzil Holles }— allies of John Pym

Arthur Hesilrige }

William Strode }

Sir Francis Seymour— a knight and member of Parliament

William Prynne— a member of Parliament

The New Model Army

Oliver Cromwell— a general and member of Parliament, and later Lord Protector of England

Henry Ireton— a general and member of Parliament

Thomas Fairfax— Lord Fairfax of Cameron, likewise a general

Thomas Pride— a colonel

Edmund Ludlow— an officer

Richard Cromwell— son of Oliver Cromwell, and second Lord Protector

George Monck— general of the Army in Scotland

Londoners

Sir Morris Abbot }

Thomas Alleyn }— Lord Mayors of London

Sir Thomas Bludworth }

Sir William Turner— an alderman of London

Katherine Ware— wife to Sir Antony Ware

Burnett— manservant to Sir Antony Ware

Thomas Farynor— a baker

Humphrey Taylor— a Puritan

Benjamin Hipley— a spymaster

John Lilburne— leader of the Leveller movement

Marchamont Nedham— a printer of news

John Bradshaw— Lord President of the High Court of Justice

Elizabeth Murray— suo jure Countess of Dysart, and a Royalist conspirator

John Ellin— a doctor

Samuel Pepys— a diarist

Robert Hubert— a traitor

Sir Michael Deven— a mortal man, now dead

The Onyx Court

Lune— Queen of the Onyx Court

Valentin Aspell— Lord Keeper

Amadea Shirrell— Lady Chamberlain

Nianna Chrysanthe— Mistress of the Robes

Sir Prigurd Nellt— a giant, and Captain of the Onyx Guard

Sir Cerenel }

Sir Essain }

Sir Mellehan }— knights of the Onyx Guard

Sir Peregrin Thorne }

Dame Segraine }

Gertrude Goodemeade— a brownie of Islington

Rosamund Goodemeade— her sister, and likewise a brownie

Sir Leslic— an elf-knight

Lewan Erle— an elf-lord

Carline— an elf-lady

Angrisla— a nightmare

Tom Toggin— a hob

Bonecruncher— a barguest

Blacktooth Meg— the hag of the River Fleet

Foreigners, exiles, and deceased fae

Fiacha }

Nuada }— Ard-Ríthe, High Kings of Ireland

The Dagda }

Conchobar— King of Ulster

Eochu Airt— ollamh and ambassador from Temair

Ailill— King of Connacht

Medb— Queen of Connacht

Feidelm of the Far-Seeing Eye— poet and ambassador from Temair

Nicneven— the Gyre-Carling of Fife

Kentigern Nellt— an exiled giant, and brother to Sir Prigurd Nellt

Halgresta Nellt— their sister, likewise a giant, now dead

Cunobel— an exiled knight, and brother to Sir Cerenel

Ifarren Vidar— an exiled lord

Orgat— a powrie of the Border

Cailleach Bheur— the Blue Hag of Winter

Wayland Smith— King of the Vale of the White Horse

Irrith— a sprite of Berkshire

Invidiana— late Queen of the Onyx Court