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A
Adelheid
- Anslem�s older sister
Anna
- maidservant employed by Elizabeth and her aunt, but not well trained, especially in propriety
- �young but not dull-witted�
- chatty, sweet
- tends to think of Elizabeth has a friend, helped her run away from her uncle
Anthony
- cousin to Elana, James, and Anslem
- betrothed twice, passed over for other men both times
- son of Amelia
Monsieur Arnaut
- in charge of the entire northern (French) sector for 3 months
- replaced by English courier/spy
B
Countess of Brieg
- �petite young woman�
- �arms and writs, her feet.. indescribably tiny and graceful. He could probably span her wait with his two hands. Every feature of her face looked as though it had been carved out of ivory. Even her hair was extraordinarily fine, worked into tiny gold curls�
- manipulator, blackmailer
- married at 16 to a man in his 70s, widowed at 19
- �heartless flirt� �immodest behavior�
- cold but calm in tight situations
- �sometimes involved with the emperor�s secret police�
- lady-in-waiting to Princess Maria Louisa
- �has a dreadful temper and beats her maids with the hot curling irons�
C
Lord Castereagh
- orchestrated Southy�s �traitorism�
- Stewart�s older half-brother
Major Thomas Sommers Cox
- �round, pleasant-looking type with pale hair, pale eyes, pale eyebrows, and pale lips�
- friend of Nathanson, pretend cousin of Sommers
- British officer
- �drinks brandy as though it is water� - discreet �even when he has been drinking�
- �he seemed to be a rather kindly man�
D
Monsieur Dehn
- proprietor of a confectionary shop
Elizabeth DeQuincy � �Edward �Ned� Purcell�
- �slight, face and features somewhat thin� �a girl of little beauty and no fortune� �a thin, flat-chested girl� (around time of running away)
- (1 month after running away) �her bony shoulders had filled out, her waist had slimmed down, her small breasts filled the bodice of the gown instead of sinking into a hollow chest.
�the short curls softened the lines of her face and emphasized her eyes. She was still a bit pale and tired, but even after a 4-day fever she looked better than that miserable girl in the mirror at her uncle�s. This girl stood straight and seemed elegant and self-confident. Her gaze was direct, her head gracefully set on the slender neck.�
- �only the eyes were distinctive: blue in the center, with an odd dark-gray rim' �Chapman eyes�
- light brown hair
- 22 years old
- afraid of her uncle, dearly misses her late aunt
- loves music, plays piano
- stubborn, devoted, grateful
- holds no expectations for marriage
- �funny, resourceful, indignant, courageous, curious, affectionate�
Robert �Robin� DeQuincy
- older brother of Elizabeth
- �hated being protected�
- close friends with Evrett
- �he was with Wellington in Portugal, and his unit was betrayed to the French by a Portugese guide who was taking them through the hills.� � died in battle
Richard Drayton
- brother-in-law to Nathanson
- friend of Southy
Elana�s duenna
- �older woman in a plain black dress�
- speaks French but little or no English
- chaperone
E
John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- gave up command in army
- extremely understanding toward Elizabeth
- uses cane, but doesn�t always need it
- �the face of a man years older than Evrett�s true age, lined with the marks of constant pain�
Lady Evrett
- older
- mother of Evrett, John Weyland
- �notorious hypochondriac�
- intelligent and generous
F
Lieutenant Ferencz
- Hungarian Hussar - commander
- wants to be more important than is
- not incredibly bright
- unit escorted Southy back to Metternich
Flynn
- portly, does not move quickly
- valet to Evrett, sometimes serves as butler
Signor Fratelli
- former �master� of Sommers�
- helped Sommers open his own sale d�armes
G
Cousin George
- Elizabeth�s first kiss at age 11 or 12
Dr. Gideon
- doctor to Southy�s mother
Gentz
- Metternich�s secretary
- curious, powerful man, �notorious gossip�
Greda
- neighbour of Frau Renner
H
Baron Haber
- combined efforts with Prince Metternich to suppress an uprising in Tyrol
Hansi
- carriage driver for Dr. Walch
Do�a�s housekeeper
-Austrian
- thinks Do�a Maria is mad
- �enormous woman dressed all in black�
- does not speak German well
Madam Hulut
- proprietor of an emporium in Vienna
- modiste
I
J
Jean-Luc
-thug working for Meillet � involved on both attacks aimed at Sommers
- �unlovely henchman�
- 'a brutish young man, stout and well-muscled'
- �found it quite satisfying to serve his country by brutalizing prisoners�
Philip Jervyn
- �one of Stewart�s aides�
- �asks� Sommers to retrieve letter hidden in Countess� quarters in palace
- �fopish-looking secretary�
- not as heartless as some employing him
Johann
- groom of Countess of Brieg � accompanies her on rides
Josef
- �dour-looking�
- manservant of Countess of Brieg
Julien
- Jean-Luc�s cousin
- smaller
- thug for Meillet
Jurgen
- employee in Do�a Maria�s house in Vienna
K
King
- courier/spy?
L
Herr Lang
- rented rooms to Sommers
Deputy-Commissioner Launay
- nervous in Meillet�s presence, frightened of Meillet
- pump
- superior/commanding officer of Meillet, his recommendations influenced �the minister�
Leleu
- corporal under S�nard�s/St.Cyr�s command
- �a boy of 19�
Reverend Mr. Leswell
- �a most obliging gentleman, who has been in Vienna conducting researches'
- blond
- married Southy and Elizabeth
Liesel
- assistant to Rollins
M
Do�a Maria
-�family is not well-known or influential� � from a poor region of Spain
-�Evidently she had French troops billeted on her estates several years ago and they did extensive damage to her home and her orchards. For the last month or so she has been traveling all over Europe, first to Paris, then to Dresdenk, and no here, trying to obtain compensation from French officials. Napoleon refused to see her in Dresden, and she went round to all of his marshals who were posted nearby to ask them to intercede, but without success. She has visited some of them two or three times, and sits for hours in their offices demanding to see some soldier not under their command who was billeted on her land in Spain. Then she records their names and ranks in an enormous leather casebook and waves the book at all the French commanders.
�Now she has come to Vienna in the hopes that the emperor might be able to help her, or so that she can appeal to the allies, since they presently hold Spain. She travels with four coaches, two ladies-in-waiting, two priests, and her own chef.�
- �travel(s)with a ravishing young lady as her companion� - Elana
- sits �imperiously in the chair�
- �barely an inch of her own flesh showing. Her hair was clearly a wig, a very elaborate and ancient one, which she had powdered in a style thirty years gone by. There was even more powder on her face, which fairly cracked under the layers. A black gown beaded copiously with jet was of the same vintage as the wig, and opened out over enormous hoops. Silver lace gloves covered her ladyship�s hands but rings and bracelets were jammed on over the gloves. A matching silver shawl covered her neck and shoulders, although the evening was warm.�
- �high, imperious voice. Her French was excellent, save for a trace of a lisp, common among gentry from northern Spain.�
- Rover
Marta
- cleaning girl for Sommers/Renner
Mr. Mclean
- Southy�s �bailiff, a tyrannical little Scotsman who believed they should be keeping count of every lump of sugar in the pantry�
Claude Meillet
- gray eyes, ice cold
- blond
- tall figure, rigid
- intimidating
- wrongfully accused, imprisoned (under �fairly lenient conditions)
- difficult temperament, vengeful
- only one not to fall for Arnaut impostor, an English spy
- S�ret�
- �in his subordinate�s opinion, he was too fastidious for the Surete� �he did not like blood or broken bodies even under honourable conditions�
- 'monster'
- well connected
- hate-filled
Elana Roth Mendez
- �dark blond hair and green eyes in a classic oval face�
- �graceful young lady�
- sweet, calm nature, though thought �a bit wild�
- intended to marry Cousin Anthony � engages self to Cousin Anslem instead
- Cousin also to James Meyer
Prince Clemens Lothat Wenzel von Metternich
- �minister�
- appreciates loyalty and recognizes talent�
Prince Francis Charles
- Emperor�s son � younger brother to crown prince
- young student to Sommers � 10 or 11 years old
Captain James �Nathanson� Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eil Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- younger than Southy, Drayton, and Rachel
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- oddly besotted by Countess of Brieg
- very rarely dances
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �hot tempered�
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- father of James and Rachael Meyer
- works for British government, as a spy/courier, but isn�t on pay roll
- �played� Arnaut for 3 months before being discovered � fled before captured
- Jewish
Frau Mueller
- �stout, with dark hair�
- countess� servant
N
Captain Reittmeister Karl von Naegel
- �very blond�
- hostile & rude
- quick temper, easily annoyed
-�underneath it all, rather a decent sort�
- protective of sister
- not un sympathetic, helps and seconds Anslem Roth
- hot-headed at times
- knows much, offers help when needed
Se�ora Nu�ez
- companion of Do�a Maria
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Elizabeth DeQuincy � �Edward �Ned� Purcell�
- �slight, face and features somewhat thin� �a girl of little beauty and no fortune� �a thin, flat-chested girl� (around time of running away)
- (1 month after running away) �her bony shoulders had filled out, her waist had slimmed down, her small breasts filled the bodice of the gown instead of sinking into a hollow chest.
�the short curls softened the lines of her face and emphasized her eyes. She was still a bit pale and tired, but even after a 4-day fever she looked better than that miserable girl in the mirror at her uncle�s. This girl stood straight and seemed elegant and self-confident. Her gaze was direct, her head gracefully set on the slender neck.�
- �only the eyes were distinctive: blue in the center, with an odd dark-gray rim' �Chapman eyes�
- light brown hair
- 22 years old
- afraid of her uncle, dearly misses her late aunt
- loves music, plays piano
- stubborn, devoted, grateful
- holds no expectations for marriage
- �funny, resourceful, indignant, courageous, curious, affectionate�
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Frau Renner
- tiny old woman
- bright blue eyes
- thick accent, distorts her use of German language
- sympathetic
- nearsighted
- landlady/employee in Sommers� home
- generous, especially with food & adopting �strays�
Reuss
- son of Baroness Reuss
Baroness Reuss
- wealthy resident of Vienna
- presents Naegel�s sister to Nathanson, potentially to upset Naegel
Rollins
- dresser for Lady Evrett
- �severe looking�
Rollo
- cousin to Evrett
Roswicz
- �a deceptively mild-looking young man with pale, thinning hair and sleepy blue eyes�
- �younger man� �a slender, fair-haired sort�
- �one of the shrewdest officers in the Hofpolizei�
- reports to von Hager
Anslem Roth
- �face: slim, with a high bridged nose, reddish-blond hair, and intense blue eyes made quite large by a pair of thick-lensed spectacles� �slight young man�
- generally non-violent, knows very little about fighting/duels/fencing
- protective, loyal
-scholar - especially chemistry
-father is a Baron
Eli Roth
- prominent, wealthy, and �most powerful banker in England�
Louisa Roth
- aunt to Nathanson, wife of Eli
- enjoys �horrid great crest on the panels� of the family carriage(s)
S
Fabrizio Sabatini
- great expert/master on fencing
-�the greatest living authority on the duello in Italy�
Duchess Wilhelmine von Sagan
- mistress to Prince Metternich
- cousin was deeply involved in Tyrol uprising
- allowed incrementing letter from Prince Metternich to fall into �enemy� hands
Rodrigo Santos
- trusted servant to Rover
- poses as a priest
M. Schlewig
- Proprietor of jewellery store in a less than fashionable/prosperous district in Vienna
- elderly man
- pays Elizabeth 60 florins for 4 items of her late aunt�s jewellery
Herr Schneidler
- landlord of home Elizabeth�s aunt and uncle rented in Vienna
Colonel Michel S�nard
- 2nd in command in St.-Cyr�s unit on French-Austrian border
Sievert
- Southy�s valet
Silvio
- valet/assistant to Nathanson
- �black-haired man�
- Italian
Sorell
- �senior partner in the firm of Sorell, Sorell, and Fawcett. The firm in Salisbury which assisted (Southy�s) father in pe3rpertrating a fraud against the Crown. The firm whose junior partner, Mr. Fabian Sorell, is hoping to stand for parliament in the next election.�
Alice Southy
- Southy�s sister
- 'very pretty, with red-gold hair and greenish eyes�
- approximatly 10-11 years old
Michael �Sommers� Southy
- natural red (auburn) head wearing brown & gray wig
- youthful, tanned face
- hazel eyes, fine, thin mouth
- �fine-boned face�
- fingers on right hand are misshapen
- lives in Vienna as fencing instructor, physically strong as a result
- expert left-handed fencer
- chose to care for �injured boy� rather than chose muggers
- haunted by own past
- not a heavy drinker
- often quick to humor
- strong sense of honor despite past choices/actions
- reward posted by French for his capture is exceeded only by that posted for Rover
- �Best code breaker in the courier service. Cracked every cipher the French came up with last year (1812).'
- keeps miniature paintings of his mother and younger sister while in exiles; painting of self careful scraped away by father years earlier
- �Herr Degenmeister� � sword master
- 'always hated guns'
- �thought himself rather clumsy and slow�
- �could hold out for quite a while under interrogation. Evidently his father used to spend his leisure time beating him�
Nigel Southy
- �a drunken lecherous cheat who gambled away one of the loveliest estates in Kent and then rode his second-best hunter into a ditch�
- had son declared incompetent in order to mortgage entailed property
- �before he died he had notes on every acre�
- �father used to spend his leisure time beating him (Southy)�
Mrs. Southy
- (in miniature portrait) �fair-haired woman of about thirty�
Spier
- von Werzel�s second in duel against Anslem
St.-Cyr
- �a difficult commander at the best of times�
- delegates all responsibility when frustrated
- commands unit nearest Vienna on French-Austrian border
Sir Charles Stewart
- aide to the ambassador to Prussia
- British
- quick to jump to conclusions
�Dear Lady�
- Elizabeth�s aunt
- wife of Joseph Stourhead
Joseph Stourhead
- renegade arms dealer
- protruding �fish-like eyes�
- �older man, clean-shaven, with prominent eyes� �bushy eyebrows�
T
Tebaldo
- employee of Signor Fratelli, sent to follow Sommers
Trumpet
- �his coat was a tangled mass of wiry gray and brown cirls, which nearly covered his dark eyes. A stubby tail looked as though it had been through a field of pickleburrs.�
- �tired and dowdy-looking�
- �a mongrel-part poodle, perhaps�
- persistently followed Elizabeth and Sommers home one night
- loves smoked herring
U
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Mademoiselle Veidler
- friend of Countess of Brieg � goes riding with her
- shocked when Nathanson is asked to ride with herself and Countess
Johann Vogal
- �He has the most beautiful voice and is very witty and charming as well.�
- performer at Do�a Maria�s party
W
Dr. Walch
- �a neatly dressed older man with an air of authority�
- attended Sommers after attacked in the street and Elizabeth after the carriage accident
John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- gave up command in army
- extremely understanding toward Elizabeth
- uses cane, but doesn�t always need it
- �the face of a man years older than Evrett�s true age, lined with the marks of constant pain�
Lady Evrett
- older
- mother of Evrett, John Weyland
- �notorious hypochondriac�
- intelligent and generous
Frau Wecklein
- seamstress
Frau Wedlein
- housekeeper/cook for Elizabeth�s aunt and uncle
- �let go� due to low funds after aunt became ill
Graf Friedrich �Fritz� von Werzel
- �young man of something les than middle height, rather broad in the shoulder and neck�
- �arrogance stamped on that face from birth� �sneering face�
- brother of the Countess of Brieg
- attempts to censor widowed sister to little avail
- opponent in Anslem�s duel
Colonel White
-immediate superior to couriers & former boss of Southy
- �he virtually adopted (Southy), took (Southy)home with him several times when (Southy�s)father came to London and made scenes�
Meillet�s female assistant
- �sour-faced woman� �she did not look friendly, but at least she looked somewhat respectable�
- �perhaps 50, plainly but neatly dressed, and spoke German, but with an accent�
- suspicious
- clutches German bible
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