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Sir Charles Barrett
- �nondescript gentleman�
- husband of Sara
- �fabled ability to elicit confidences from near strangers was based largely on his reputation as a man who could keep a secret�
- �old family friend� of Bassington, works with him on �projects for the Foreign Office�
- rarely loses temper
- friend of Colonel White
- British
Battista
-trusted family servant of Anthony�s branch of Roths
- �usually traveled� with Anthony across Europe & whose �role sometimes was more similar to that of a nursemaid than that of a valet�
- 'who was in essence a Catholic, male extension of Anthony's mother'
Samuel Bernal
- prefers London life
- �round face�
- powerful, proud
- 'controlled half the shipping in England'
- father of Eloise, husband of Reyna
- British
Bullin
- bald
- night porter in London Roth home
- British
Monsieur Busac
- innkeeper
- �less cowardly than his employees�
- French
C
General Cambronne
- �thin, hawk-faced man with curly graying hair�
- leads �a small advance unit� across France ahead of Napoleon
- indebted to Nathan Meyers
- French
Lord Castlereagh
- Stewart�s older half-brother
- works for British government, writing treaties, making plans, etc
- British
D
Mark Davis
- �the only Jew Anthony knew who had served as an enlisted man under Wellington�
- taught Anthony basics of serving in army: ignoring taunts, loading musket, etc.
Noah Davis
- Mark�s son
- 8 years-old
DeCoster
- �informant for the British foreign office�
- �honest man�
Chevalier Raoul-Marie Doucet
- �slender Frenchman� 'handsome, in a delicate, languid way'
- �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�
- �disdainful young man�
- �one of my (Nathan�s) counterparts in Napoleon�s old intelligence service�
- �calculating and ruthless, and he did not behave like a soldier. But he was useful. He noticed things�
- indebted to Nathan meyers
Rachel Roth Meyer Drayton
- 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�
- 'lively and charming'
Major Richard Drayton
- �dark-haired young officer�
- friend of Southy & Nathanson
- protective, even to the point of being overprotective
- �2nd in command of His Majesty�s garrison force, Gibraltar�
- son of Lord Alcroft
- British
Madame Durry
- farmer who takes in and cares for Anthony & party on journey
- French
E
Mademoiselle Juliette Esmond
- �looks more like a vulture than a chaperon�
- employed by Abigail and Diana in France
- �her own saleable assets were her rigid aura of propriety and a talent for intimidating servants�
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Mrs. Fanny Asher
- companion & friend to Abigail
- widow
- �gentle patience�
Lieutenant Franconnin
- �very handsome� trooper
- French
G
Monsieur Gibel
- employee of Roth-Meyer Bank � generally meats with perfumers
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Aaron Hart
- divorced from Abigail, married to Belinda
- father of Diana & Robert
- brother of Stephen
- cousin of Joshua
- �drunkard� �never sober after 4 in the afternoon�
- �had been unusually permissive� in raising Diana
- �cargo broker�
- �not unattractive� �paler, softer�arms more rounded� compared with Nathan
- dead
Abigail Hart
- �slender, green-eyed woman� � �the eyes were compelling, though: green edged with black, very clear� 'wide forehead'
- �thick, light brown hair� �glint of gold in the light brown hair�
- �same fine features, yes, the same smooth forehead and level brows� as Diana � �not as pretty as the daughter; her face was sterner, quieter�
- �everything about her was neat. Her features were regular; her clothing impeccable; her hair smooth beneath a starched cap�
- widowed by Paul, divorced from Aaron, Diana�s father
- loved Paul, only married Aaron in hopes of having a son to call Paul�s
- sister of Leah
- independently wealthy
- �very reserved�
- �cautious, unsociable�
- estranged from in-laws and own mother because of divorce
- British
Belinda Hart
-�watery blue eyes�
- �timid, unworldly woman who had barely been able to discipline Diana when Aaron was there to reinforce her�
- Aaron�s widow � �Belinda, Abigail was certain, was glad to be a widow�
- mother of Robert
Danielle Hart
- Stephen�s wife
- leader of women of the family
- 'had always been a realist'
Diana Hart
- �a petite, fair-haired young woman who was startingly pretty, and clearly well aware of the fact�
- �same fine features, yes, the same smooth forehead and level brows� as her mother
- 18 years-old
- daughter of Abigail and Aaron, half-sister of Robert
- �sheltered, spoiled, impulsive, beautiful�
- �has been indulged and flattered by everyone in that household so outrageously that it is a wonder she behaves as well as she does. She is far too pretty for her own good, and an heiress besides�
- �capricious, theatrical, well aware of her own beauty and its effect on men of all ages�a bit vain and spoiled, but she is also fearless and she is surprisingly capable of sympathy for someone as indulged and sheltered as she has been�
- �an eligible young woman�
- flirt
- taken away to be raised by father and his family after mother's divorce
- �intelligent and well educated. She is loyal to those she loves, and can be very gentle and affectionate�
- �loves to nurse hurt creatures�
- has some nursing skill
Joshua Hart
- cousin to Aaron & Stephen
- �unofficial head of the family�
- �had always had a certain sympathy for Abigail�
- has custody of Robert
- �can be rather overbearing�
Paul Hart
- Abigail�s first husband
- �died within a year or so� of marriage to Abigail of �a mere cold in the chest�
- older brother of Aaron
- �cargo broker�
- �not unattractive� �paler, softer�arms more rounded� compared with Nathan
- �one of those young men who somehow attracted illness and injury�
Robert Hart
- son of Belinda and Aaron
- younger half-brother of Diana
Stephen Hart
- brother of Aaron
- husband of Danielle
- cousin of Joshua
Captain Herv�
- - �portly�
- �very gallant but a bit impractical�
- employed by Abigail and Diana in France to �organize our (Abigail�s & Diana�s) route and book rooms and make sure we (Abigail & Diana) have decent horses�
- French �cavalry officer�
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J
Jacques
- �stout man�
- coachman hired by Abigail in France
Jean-Pierre
- �reliable groom� employed at an inn
- French
Jeanette
- employee at Marchand�s inn
- French
Joseph
- member of �guard� hastily set up after word of Napoleon�s escape, supporting Emperor
- French
Monsieur Jusserand
- innkeeper
- French
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Leah
- sister of Abigail
- �an honorary member of the (Hart) family�
Lisette
- maid employed by Abigail and Diana in France
- �cannot dress hair to save her life�
Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eli Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �the most junior courier in White�s service�
- 95th Rifles army division �when he isn�t doing something even more dangerous, like sneaking into French fortresses�
- �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�
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
M
Marcel
- �earnest young trooper� under Doucet�s command
- �round face�
- French
Madame Marchand
- innkeeper
- French
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�
- �coordinated the entire affair (of sending money to Wellington) from his house in Paris�
Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eli Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �the most junior courier in White�s service�
- 95th Rifles army division �when he isn�t doing something even more dangerous, like sneaking into French fortresses�
- �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�
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
Miriam Roth Meyer
- mother of James and Rachel
- late wife of Nathan Meyer, sister of Eli Roth
- 'died more than 14 years ago' (1803)
- �married very young, so that even though she was barely 30 when she died, we (Nathan & Miriam) had been together over a dozen years�
- �was ill, and within a week she was dead�
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �tall, slim, dark-haired, and possessed of a commanding pair of nearly black eyes�
- �very distinguished-looking�
- �would have no trouble recognizing him as James Meyer�s father�
- �scar was livid against the pallor of his face�
- 44 years-old
- father of James and Rachael Meyer
- works for British government, as a spy/courier, but isn�t on pay roll - �some sort of military policeman�
- Jewish
- �courteous, impenetrable�
- �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�
- �for all intents and purposes was the most senior of the colonel�s (White�s) intelligence officers�
- �trained him (James) to lie in 3 languages, forge papers, pick locks, and steal horses�
- �a learned and respected citizen of Frankfurt formerly attached to the Hessian court�
- �has been very tiresome on the subject of my (James�) own early morning engagements (duels)�
- �very polite, and next thing you know it feels as though a steel trap has sprung around you�
- master of disguise and �reading� people
- �a quiet man, unobtrusive without being timid or humble. His work in the family bank had been competent, no more, and he had spent very little time there since the death of his wife. No one who met him would suspect that he spoke 6 languages fluently or that he was deadly with a knife or that he could memorize the contents of a desk drawer in a few seconds, down to the last crumb of dried snuff. He had, in fact, been Wellington�s principal intelligence agent in Spain and France�
- �even half-asleep, he was an excellent liar. He enjoyed lying, in fact, practiced it the way singers practice their scales, telling small but unnecessary falsehoods to everyone he knew, even to his own family, as a way of keeping himself reading for future performances�
- upper body covered with scars from various weapons, including dogs
- �mysterious�
- �single-handedly destroyed more bridges in Spain than the entire British engineering corps. It is one of his specialties�
- �perfidious, lying, arrogant, ruthless�
- �saved my (Doucet�s) career last year, perhaps even my (Doucet�s)life, when you warned me (Doucet) that my (Doucet�s) mistress (Countess of Brieg) was framing me for treason. Cambronne is grateful to you as well, for protecting the emperor (Napoleon) on his way to Elba�
- �there was a reserve there which was incompatible with the picture of a dashing Lothario�
- has �a gift for languages�
-�loved being in strange places, speaking new languages, seeing of I (Nathan) could fool people into thinking I (Nathan) was one of them. I (Nathan) loved the idea of pretending, and wearing disguises, and learning to move silently and carrying knives in my (Nathan�s) boot. I (Nathan) was a banker who wanted to be a pirate, and the war gave me (Nathan) my (Nathan�s) chance�
Munot
- innkeeper
- French
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Captain James �Nathanson� Roth Meyer - �Little Rover�
- young, tall, dark, & �startlingly handsome�
- son of Nathan Meyer - 'Rover�
- nephew of Eli Roth, a powerful banker and advisor to the British government
- 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- doesn't 'like giving advice' - 'detest(s)receiving it'
- afraid of/strongly dislikes dogs
- fought 15 duels in first year as a commissioned officer in Portugal � 1 serious injury
- �the most junior courier in White�s service�
- 95th Rifles army division �when he isn�t doing something even more dangerous, like sneaking into French fortresses�
- �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�
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
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Pack
- Anthony�s brigade general
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Rodrigo Santos
- �a thin, dark-haired man with a weather-beaten face� �leathery face� �olive-skinned�
- �nearly the same height and build� as Nathan
- �did not seem to have his master�s knack of taking on the personality along with the costume�
- coachman, bodyguard, and valet to Rover for over 10 years, as much a friend as servant
- does not use last name �unless absolutely necessary� � was disowned by father for opposing �the French regime in Spain�
- Spanish
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
- 'a brilliant man' 'author...of this treatise'
Anthony
- 'a pale, short, nearsighted young man with a very good head for numbers and a reputation for skill and diplomacy in the international financial markets' 'fair hair' 'blue eyes' 'fine-boned face'
- �intelligent expression and well-cut features made him reasonably pleasant to look at�
- 25 years-old
- only son of Eli Roth�s late brother
- previously engaged and both Rachel and Elana, left by both
- cousin to Elana, James, Rachel, and Anslem; nephew of Nathan
- son of Amelia
- 'the pampered, sedentary heir to a banking fortune'
- �traveled all over Europe�for 5 years�
- �level-headed�
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
- �short, round, balding, and near-sighted�
- brother of Miriam, uncle to James & Rachel
- prominent, wealthy, and �most powerful banker in England�
- very much loves Meyers family
- plays matchmaker for Nathan � �has become something of an obsession�
Louisa Roth
- �piercing blue eyes�
- 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�
- �distractions rarely worked on Louisa Roth for more than a minute�
Rosie
- Abigail�s maid
Monsieur & Madame Roussier
- sausage-maker
- owns shop Rover stole supplies from
- French
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Samuel
- �elderly manservant� employed by Woodleys
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Colonel Tredwell
- works for British government/army
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Colonel R. H. 'C. P.' White
- �a tall, elderly patrician with a perpetual scowl and very large mustaches�
- �crusty old martinet�who runs a special courier service for Wellington�
- �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�
- personal friend of Barrett, taught his sons to pick locks
Will
- �postboy at the Crown and Eagle�
Charles Woodley
- �in the Light Dragoons and was the family sheep as a result� �in the 19th�
- brother of Christopher and Martha
-�most definitely a veteran�
Lieutenant Christopher Woodley
- �infantry regiment�
- brother of Christopher and Martha
Eleanor Woodley
- �quite shy�
- cousin to Martha, Charles, Christopher
- friend of Diana
- Christian
Henrietta Woodley
- friend of Abigail
- mother of Martha, Charles, Christopher
-�a vicar�s daughter from an old Lincolnshire family�
Martha Woodley
- taller than Diana
- close friend of Diana
- �cheerful� �boisterous�
- �polite, warmhearted girl�
- �had a father, 2 brothers, and a brother-in-law in the army and had spent several years in Portugal and Spain with her father�s regiment�
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