Most kings these days have almost no real power, are symbols of national unity and have almost no real power. How I wish Donald Trump were such a king.

I quite understand! Btw, she was a Lady because wife of Sir Alastair Dunnett, but she was never created a Dame. So Dorothy Dunnett, or Lady Dunnett, but not Dame Dunnett. Even more pedantic, had she been a Dame she would have been Dame Dorothy, or Dame Dorothy Dunnett, but never Dame Dunnett.

People have tried to get people to start with the beginning of The Disorderly Knights instead, or Niccolò Rising. You could try that.