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William Abell
- �a stocky boy of about 18�
- 24th Foot army division
Monsieur Arnaut
- in charge of the entire northern (French) sector for 3 months
- replaced by English courier/spy
B
Barrett
- husband of Sara
Sara Barrett
- sister to Drayton, aunt to Caroline and William
Bloch
- �smartly dressed young man�
- works in Jacob Meyer�s home
Denis Bourciez
- �pale-blue eyes� �face was bronzed�
- �young man, not much older than James, with light-brown hair and a hawk-like nose�
- hands are �callused and chapped, the fingers laced with dozens of tiny cuts�
- third cousin was Danielle/Jane�s adopted mother/cousin
- three years older than Danielle/Jane, 2 �spent a day inking the engraving plates in a shed; when were younger
- French smuggler
- Marie�s uncle
Jean-Martin Bourciez
- father of Denis Bourciez, grandfather of Marie
- �retired� fake stamp maker
Eloise Bernal Meyer
- prefers quiet country life to London
- �fine-boned delicacy�, unlike parents
- pale skin
- blunt
- �just out of the school room: petite, big dark eyes, rather shy� �timid 19-year-old�
- �she had no false modesty; she knew she was held to be a beautiful girl�
- �very dutiful and affectionate girl� �her one fault is that she is too softhearted�
Reyna Bernal
- prefers quiet country life to London
- �broad, olive-skinned� face
- �from the French branch of the Carvallo family�
- mother of Eloise, wife of Samuel
Samuel Bernal
- prefers London life
- �round face�
- powerful, proud
- father of Eloise, husband of Reyna
Theresa, Countess of Brieg
- �petite young woman�
- �arms and wrists, 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 60s or 70s, widowed at 19
- �heartless flirt� �immodest behavior�
- cold but calm in tight situations
- �has a dreadful temper and beats her maids with the hot curling irons�
- vain
- �a vixen who sold him (Nathanson) to the French)
- �most beautiful woman in Paris�
- �she cultivated men who could bring her information, power, or money. She sold the first two items to those with the largest quantity of the last item. She was utterly heartless and completely untrustworthy�
- works for/with Meillet
- Doucet�s mistress
- �deceit and faithlessness�
- masks true self/emotions with �mask� of innocence
- �she was a monster�
Bullin
- bald
- porter in London Roth home
C
Madame Carvallo
- �rather stout, and fond of expensive gowns, and she dyes her hair black� �she seems a bit frail and speaks very softly�the result is, people think her merely a vain old woman and then they are bewildered when she tramples them into the dust� �somehow she always ends up in command, without ever getting up from her couch. Everyone listens to her; everyone obeys her�
- �short and plump, with improbably black hair, a soft voice and calculating olive-colored eyes which looked as though they could bore right through him (Nathanson)�
- Reyna�s mother
- had been beautiful in younger years
- specifically requested Eloise & James marry
- �from the French branch of the Carvallo family�
- lives in Paris
- ill - dropsy & old
- 'a well-known agitator against our (French) emperor'
- knows Jacob and Nathan Meyer
- appreciates honesty
D
Rafael Dacosta
- �old tyrant�
- �dreadful friend� of Samuel Bernel
- interested in marrying Eloise
Chevalier Raoul-Marie Doucet
- �slender Frenchman�
- �acquaintance of Madame Carvallo�
- close to Countess of Brieg, has many �resources�
- jealous, flirtatious
- �half-brother was head of the army�s counterintelligence service� �half-brother, who is colonel in the army�
Caroline Drayton
- �fair-haired girl of about eight�
- niece and ward of Richard Drayton
- loves animals
Rachel Roth Meyer Drayton
- pregnant, wife of Drayton, sister of James
- �resembled James so strongly they might have been twins: the same flashing dark eyes and aquiline face, though hers was paler and finer-boned�
Richard Drayton
- brother-in-law to Nathanson, husband of Rachel, uncle of Caroline and William
- friend of Southy
protective, even to the point of being overprotective
William Drayton
- toddler
- �dreadfully spoilt�
- nephew and ward of Richard Drayton
- heir to Drayton�s family title
Pierre-Adolphe Duchene
- �private secretary� to Doucet
E
Emil
- Doucet�s butler
Th�olphile Emmert
- apothecary to Madame Carvallo
- paid to double dosage of Carvallo�s medication to increase illness
John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- 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�
- confidant of Nathanson�s
- �pinked� Nathanson during duel
- �had been the first of a long list of officers in the 95th who had determined to teach James Nathanson that someone whose real name was Meyer had no business holding a lieutenant�s commission. By the 3rd duel, Evrett was seconding him. By the 5th duel, they were sharing quarters�
F
Dr. Fry
- ship�s doctor aboard Intrepid
G
H
Hans
- coachman for Countess of Brieg
I
Lady Lucy Ingram
- �tiny figure�
- Drayton and Sara�s aunt
- blue eyes
- �has a way of taking charge of affiars�
J
Joan
- maid for Bernal family
Johann
- groom of Countess of Brieg � accompanies her on rides
Josef
- �dour-looking�
- manservant of Countess of Brieg
Judit
- Reyna Bernal�s oldest sister
K
Edward Kerry
- Foreign Office
L
Ren� La�nnec
- doctor to Madame Carvallo
- helped in escape plot
- wars �an old-fashioned tie wig�
Danielle Lebec � Jane Price
- Eloise�s maid
- �hardly older than (Eloise) was, but she had schooled herself so well to show no emotion that Eloise tended to think of her as ageless�
- �hazel eyes�
- �from Portsmouth, or perhaps Southhampton� �relies on her pronunciation of English to fool people� into believing her to be French �raised by smugglers and counterfeiters�
- �happiest day of Daniell�s life was the day she learned I (Eloise) was to be promoted from mademoiselle to madame�
- �ever eager to relay gossip�
- �looked impeccably neat� �light hair�
- �rude and unpleasant�
- orphaned as a child, raised largely by cousin's French wife
LeSueur
- shares cubby �office� with Nathanson
- �2 brothers fell last year (1812) in Spain�
Joshua Lindo
- �a frail man, slightly stooped, with a long white beard and spectacles�
- �scholarly, pious, ascetic�
- �a friend of the Bernal family�and �an advisor to the Mahamad, the governing council of the Bevis Marks synagogue�
Mr. Lobatto
- �a kasamentero� - matchmaker
Mademoiselle Lucille
- �collects all the servants� gossip and reports to my (Eloise�s) grandmother every morning. So far as I (Eloise) know, she has no other duties whatsoever�
M
Magda
- maid to Countess of Brieg
Maria
- Rachel�s maid � �older woman�
- �family servant who is nearly your (James�) foster mother�
Marie
- �about 6 years old�
- sworn to silence by dying mother
- French
- very attached to objects, pet goat, brandy bottle
- �wide-eyed face�
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
- deputy-chiefe of the 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
- �clever Frenchman�
Raphael Meldola
- � the haham� �the rabbi at Bevis Marks� synagogue
- �mild-looking man with large dark eyes and a slightly melancholy air�
Isabella Mendez
- Elana�s sister
Charlotte Meyer
- cousin to James
- married to a Christian
Eloise Bernal Meyer
- prefers quiet country life to London
- �fine-boned delicacy�, unlike parents
- pale skin
- blunt
- �just out of the school room: petite, big dark eyes, rather shy� �timid 19-year-old�
- �she had no false modesty; she knew she was held to be a beautiful girl�
- �very dutiful and affectionate girl� �her one fault is that she is too softhearted�
Jacob Meyer
- �short, wiry man with thining salt-and-pepper hair and keen black eyes� strong resemblance to Nathanson
- uncle to Nathanson, brother to Nathan
- �influential�
- lives in Paris
- �always harbored a tiny kernel of envy for his brother�
Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome� 'angular face' 'deep-set charcoal eyes'
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eil Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- �old� James � devil-may-care, defiant
- very rarely dances
- oddly besotted by Countess of Brieg
- �new� James � submissive, accommodating
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �hot tempered�
- does not trust Foreign Office
- a man of honor, sticks by his word
- �not a very experienced lover�it�s not easy to practice the art of dalliance when you�re disguised as a priest most of the time�
- used �more than 2 dozen� names in 1913
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
Miriam Roth Meyer
- mother of James and Rachel
- late wife of Nathan Meyer, sister of Eli Roth
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
- �the man who loaned Wellington the gold that financed his first campaign in Portugal�
�after the death of James� mother had suddenly transformed himself from a quiet bank administrator into an unofficial spy for Wellington�
- �trained him (James) to lie in 3 languages, forge papers, pick locks, and steal horses�
Sabine Meyer
- cousin or aunt to James
Michelet
- �most attractive�and most gullible�of the officials (Countess of Brieg) collected around herself�
- �charming small fry�
Mireille
- Marie�s mother, Bourciez�s sister
- died of �lung fever�
Lieutenant Moore
- �only been with White a few weeks� clerk
Murdock
- �stout older man�
- caretaker of Bernal�s country home in Ramsgate
Liza Murdock
- wife of Murdock
N
Nan & Peg
- �two scrubbers, who proved to be large, bovine sisters�
- �hired to work/clean Nathanson�s London home
Captain Francis Newton
- Captain of the Intrepid
- �square-jawed�
Robin �Master Robey� Noakes
- �a boatman�
O
P
Baron Pasquier
- Paris �police official� Doucet doesn�t like
Nan & Peg
- �two scrubbers, who proved to be large, bovine sisters�
- �hired to work/clean Nathanson�s London home
Potter
- suspicious lieutenant on Intrepid
Danielle Lebec � Jane Price
- Eloise�s maid
- �hardly older than (Eloise) was, but she had schooled herself so well to show no emotion that Eloise tended to think of her as ageless�
- �hazel eyes�
- �from Portsmouth, or perhaps Southhampton� �relies on her pronunciation of English to fool people� into believing her to be French �raised by smugglers and counterfeiters�
- �happiest day of Daniell�s life was the day she learned I (Eloise) was to be promoted from mademoiselle to madame�
- �ever eager to relay gossip�
- �looked impeccably neat� �light hair�
- �rude and unpleasant�
- orphaned as a child, raised largely by cousin's French wife
Puzac
- �young aide� to at the Chat�au de Vincennes
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R
Mr. Reynolds
- �most senior of the three officers on deck� aboard Intredpid
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
- married to Elana
Elana Roth Mendez Roth
- �dark blond hair and green eyes in a classic oval face�
- �graceful young lady�
- sweet, calm nature, though thought �a bit wild�
- married to cousin Anslem
- cousin also to James Meyer
- �asking Elana not to flirt would be like asking a fish not to swim�
- �petite young woman with lively green eyes�
Eli Roth
- prominent, wealthy, and �most powerful banker in England�
- �round figure�
- very much loves Meyers family
Louisa Roth
- Wife of Eli, aunt to James and Rachel
- enjoys �horrid great crest on the panels� of the family carriage(s)
- plays matchmaker for brother-in-law, Nathan
- very much loves Meyers family
- �raised the boy (Nathanson) after his mother died�
- �the daughter of one of the royal physicans�
Roulard
- French �boatman�, runs fishing boat with smuggling compartment, smugglers Eloise and James to England
Ruebell
- works for Jacob Meyer, confidant/adviser, errands, masquerading, etc
- �older man�
S
Sally
- �younger maid� in Rachel�s Kent home
Samuels
- groom employed by Rachel
Rodrigo Santos
- trusted servant to Rover
- �olive-skinned�
Rear Admiral Schomberg
- �the Schombergs were converted Jews�
Silvio
- valet/assistant to Nathanson, also serves as batman, butler, coach driver
- �black-haired man�
- slim shoulders
- always prepared, calm
- �weather-beaten face�
- �been with James Meyer since before that young man had been able to dress himself�
- �italian philsopher�
Elizabeth DeQuincy Southy
- pregnant
Michael �Sommers� Southy
- red-brown (auburn) hair
- youthful
- hazel eyes, fine, thin mouth
- �fine-boned face�
- fingers on right hand are misshapen
- expert left-handed fencer
- haunted by own past
- not a heavy drinker
- often quick to humor
- strong sense of honor despite past choices/actions
- �Best code breaker in the courier service. Cracked every cipher the French came up with last year (1812).'
- �Herr Degenmeister� � sword master
- �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�
- hopes to �sell out� from army commission
- friend of Drayton & Nathanson
T
Toby
- assistant coachman for Nathanson
- �younger, thickset man�
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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
�oafish�
John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- 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�
- confidant of Nathanson�s
- �pinked� Nathanson during duel
- �had been the first of a long list of officers in the 95th who had determined to teach James Nathanson that someone whose real name was Meyer had no business holding a lieutenant�s commission. By the 3rd duel, Evrett was seconding him. By the 5th duel, they were sharing quarters�
Colonel R. H. White
- �a tall, elderly patrician with a perpetual scowl and very large mustaches�
- �a colonel attached to the adjutant general�s office� �acting commander of the Adjutant General�s Courier Services (Home Division)'
- office moves frequently, generally a mess of papers
- 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�
Winters
- Evrett�s second in duel against James
- known to James, but vaguely
Augusts Wolf
- �a stout young man�
- wears �gold-rimmed spectacles, which hung slightly askew�
- Nathanson�s accountant/�man of business�
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