The Key

[rthstewart]

People and Places Key for The Queen Susan In Tashbaan

 

The Narnians, The Calormenes, The Enemy, Places

 

 

The Narnians

 

Ambassador Flobber, Penguin/Lord Halifax

First Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador to United States, former Viceroy of India, described as a man “not of this century.”   After being photographed riding to the hounds in a fox hunt in Pennsylvania, the poet Carl Sandburg wrote that His Lordship made working Americans ask, “Are we going to war again for the sake of a lot of English fox-hunters?”

 

Sallowpad/Colonel Walker-Smythe

An amalgam, including William Stephenson, head of the British Security Coordination, based in New York and Reginald Rex Benson, military attaché, advisor to Lord Halifax, and BSC agent at the British Embassy in Washington.

 

Lord Peridan, Gryphon Aerial Corps/Wing Commander Reginald Tebbitt, RAF

An amalgam of several BSC agent informants working in the Americas during World War II, including Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming

 

Prince Cor of Archenland/Capt. David Lowrey

In the Archenland infantry, modeled on any number of servicemen hanging about Washington as agents for the BSC, including Noel Coward, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Lt. Richard Miles, Bickham Sweet-Escott

 

Queen Iris of Archenland

Susan Pevensie’s mother, on temporary assignment as secretary to Lord Halifax

 

Fraxi, Ash Dryad/Gladys Garner

Canadian secretary to Colonel Walker-Smythe, one of those girls with “good legs and even better memories”

 

Bardon the Gryphon/Guy Williams

Driver, messenger, errand runner in Sallowpad’s office; African descent from the Carribean

 

The High King

Prime Minister Churchill

 

The Just King

Collective designation for North African commanders of the Eighth Army

 

 

 

 

The Calormenes

 

Tarkaan Ahshota

Owner/manager of The Daily news crier service with Tarkheena Lasaraleen.  Virulently anti-Tisroc, anti-Galma, anti-Narnia – isolationists 

Ahshota is based upon Randolph Hearst and Frank C. Waldrop (editor, Washington Times-Herald) known for anti-British baiting, virulently “America First” policies and profound mistrust of British imperialism. 

 

Tarkheena Lasaraleen

Owner/manager of The Daily news crier service with Tarkaan Ahshota.  Virulently anti-Tisroc, anti-Galma, anti-Narnia – isolationists 

Tarkheena Lasaraleen is modeled on Eleanor (Cissie) Patterson, an editor/hostess who was also Waldrop’s boss and owned the Washington Times-Herald, and mother in law of Drew Pearson.  Also modeled on Evalyn Walsh McLean, a Washington hostess who wore the Hope Diamond. 

Tarkaan Anradin

Editor and owner of The Tattler – based on “muckracker” Drew Pearson, writer of the Merry Go Round gossip column

 

Tarkaan Kidrash

Owner of The Trumpter, pro Narnia, pro-Tisroc, pro Grand Vizier.

Based upon Texas King Maker and newspaper man Charles Marsh, as well as Walter Lippman and other internationalist journalists in favor of Roosevelt and the British.

 

 

Tisroc/President Roosevelt

 

Tisroc’s First Wife/First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Grand Vizier/Vice President Wallace

 

Tisroc’s War Council

Military Affairs Committee, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress

 

Tisroc’s Inner Circle

Susan’s designation for anyone else important and in power, including officials in the Cabinet of President Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress

 

Tarkheena Masikah

An amalgam, but specifically Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce (R-CT). 

 

 

 

The Enemy

Ettins/Evil Ettin Giant King/Ettinsmoor

Nazis/Hitler/Nazi Germany

 

Telmar/Miraz

The Empire of Japan

 

 

 

Places

 

Narnia/Cair Paravel
England/London

Archenland
Susan uses Archenland losely to refer both to the place to which Sallowpad reports (the British Security Coordination Headquarters are in New York City) and Canada, from where William Stephenson and many members of the BSC staff are from

Lone Islands

North Africa

 

Northen Marshes, north of the River Shribble

Europe generally, France specifically

 

Terebinthia

Susan’s collective designation for countries under British colonial rule and/or occupation by Japan, including India and Hong Kong

 

Galma

Russia