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The book won Best Novel at the 1999 Whitbread Awards . The main historical event depicted is the end of Christian's second marriage, to Kirsten Munk , and the start of his third, to Vibeke Kruse . There are also numerous subplots and parallel stories, the main one being the love affair between two fictional characters, an English Lutenist Peter Claire and Emelia Tilsen, a Danish servant of Kirsten's. In addition there are several references to Danish history and Flashbacks to Christian's childhood and subsequent development. |
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