Heart's Dear Brothers
WAR ACTION ADVENTURE BIOGRAPHICAL EPIC HISTORICAL FICTION
17th Century or Earlier
Christina Giscombe
Logline
It is May 1563. Set in Sweden, Finland and Livonia, nobleman Klaus Fleming is a twenty-something admiral on the brink of his career. He is in a relationship and has two young children, Karl and Olof, but can never marry their mother, as she is not a noble. King Erik XIV, not yet thirty, has been on the throne for three years. He feels undermined by his younger brother, Duke John, and retribution is swift, severe and murderous. The youngest brother, Prince Kaarle, is twelve. John was to write of Erik, ‘My brother is my fiercest foe’. Queen Dowager Catherina, widow of King Gustav, twenty-eight, and stepmother to Princesses, Anna, eighteen, Sophia, sixteen, and Elizabeth, fourteen, emerges as a strong female figure of her time, befriending Erik’s and John’s cast-off concubines, Agda and Karin and their children. Erik is determined to marry a commoner, Karin Månsdotter, and clip the wings of the nobles and his brothers. Klaus Fleming, the nobles and the King’s brothers fight back and plot a Nobles’ Uprising against ‘Peasant King’ Erik. The Livonian Wars are raging and the Northern Seven Year War is imminent between Denmark, Lübeck, Russia and Poland.
Genre
War, Action, Adventure, Biographical, Epic, Historical Fiction,
Short Summary
The story revolves around castles, knights, princesses locked in castles, all based on researched historical archives. It is a fictionalised version of a true story and real people. It is based in C16 Sweden, in the transition from Medieval to Early Modern.
Setting
Sweden, Stockholm; Finland, Turku; Livonia (now Estonia), Reval (now Tallinn)
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Rebellion Against 'The One'
Plot - Other Elements
Happy Ending
Mature Audience Themes
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Main Character Details
Name: Admiral Klaus Fleming
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Perseverance, Patriotic, Confident, Decisive, Educated, Engaging, Heroic, Aspiring, Leader, Adventurous, Charming, Empathetic, Heartthrob, Honorable
Additional Character Details
Name: Queen Dowager Catherina
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Leader, Sophisticated, Educated, Engaging, Empathetic, Perseverance, Selfless, Confident, Decisive, Outspoken, Complex, Faithful, Honorable, Strong Moral Code, Gracious, Heroic
Additional Character Details
Name: Kerttu, the 'peasant' woman who is the (unmarried) mother of Fleming's small children.
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Flexible, Gracious, Modest, Romantic, Underdog, Uneducated, Faithful, Charming, Obedient, Selfless, Beautiful
Additional Character Details
Name: King Erik XIV
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Complex, Aggressive, Aspiring, Insecure, Unapologetic, Crazy, Educated, Manipulative, Narcissistic, Power-hungry, Secretive, Badass, Criminal, Villainous, Adventurous, Patriotic