Authors: Dorothy Dunnett
William Roger (Whistle Willie), Court musician
Thomas Cochrane, master mason
Thomas (Thorn) Swift, Edinburgh merchant
Andrew Crawford, Edinburgh merchant
Richard, his son
John Bonkle, merchant
Andrew Haliburton, merchant
The Duchy of the Tyrol
Sigismond, Duke of Austria and Styria and Count of the Tyrol
Eleanor Stewart, his wife, aunt to King James of Scotland
Venice: Colonials and Diplomats
Caterino Zeno, envoy to Uzum Hasan of Persia
Martin, his clerk
Violante of Naxos, his wife, niece of Uzum Hasan’s Christian wife
Pietro, her legitimate son
Nerio, exile from Trebizond, her unacknowledged son
Catherine, widowed Queen of Cyprus