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A
William Abell
- �a stocky boy of about 18�
- 24th Foot army division
- British
Bride
Adelheid
- Anslem�s older sister
- Austrian?
Exiles
Lord Alcroft
- �spruce gentleman with graying dark hair� �trim gentleman, unmistakably related to Drayton�not as tall as his son, and the features were more delicate, but he had the same clear eyes, the same slightly square face�
- father of Richard, Sara, & Harry
- �feuds� with Drayton
- �so arrogant, the Due of Clarence sometimes forgets and bows to him (Alcroft)�
- �a very influential man�
Honor
Serena �Alleniana� Allen
- �past her 21st birthday�
- �attractive young� lady
- dark hair, �gray-green eyes�
- very tall, �slender figure�
- �a very personable shrew�
- cousin of Simon, daughter of Countess Bassington�s only sister �loves her aunt and uncle� and Simon
- �circle of admirers, up until now, had not included handsome young men. It had consisted almost entirely of middle-aged widowers who were prepared to overlook her small dowry and her chequered past�
- �hated cowardice�
- �sharp-witted�
- good friend of Phillip Derring
- �had never been good at concealing her emotions, and those emotions were usually strong ones� �dignified grief was not her forte; anguish and fury were�
- British
Kiss
Amy
- William's nurse
Honor
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
- Austrian
Exiles
Jeremy Applewaite
- runs illegal people/good running operation to French coast
- British
Honor
Monsieur Arnaut
- �tall man with a cane�
- �has a twisted leg, or some such thing�
- �cleaned house� of lax officials in Lille
- in charge of the entire northern (French) sector for 3 months
- replaced by English courier/spy
- headquartered in Lille
- �the one man on this coast (French) who is up to any trick Nathanson can devise�
- French
Honor - Exiles - Bride
Reverend Bertram Asquery
- neighbor to Bassington
- British
Kiss
B
Bandit
- Simon�s spaniel
- �had a gift for falling into disused fire pits, or getting trapped under logs, or chasing cows who then turned around and terrified him so that he fled to the nearest hedge and cowered until Simon rescued him�
Kiss
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
Honor - Bride -
Kiss -
Reward
Edward 'Ned' & James 'Jamie' Barrett
- friend of Simon
- taught lock-picking by Colonel White
- sons of Charles and Sara
- British
Honor - Kiss
Lady Sara Barrett
- �tall, blond�
- wife of barrett, sister to Drayton, aunt to Caroline and William
- �one of the finest riders in the county�
- �believed that children should learn to ride (horses) as soon as they could talk�
- British
Honor - Bride -
Kiss
Clara, Countess of Bassington
- wife of Bassington, mother of Simon, aunt to Serena, the only child of her only sister
- over protective of Simon, obsessed with his health
- would-be matchmaker
- British
Kiss
Bates
- �elderly groom� working for Bassington
- �head groom�
- British
Kiss
Betsy
- maid in Barrett home, attends to Caroline when Mrs. Mott is not nearby
Honor
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'
Reward
Belinda & Bertha
- Barrett�s dogs
Honor
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
- French-British
Bride
Samuel Bernal
- prefers London life
- �round face�
- powerful, proud
- 'controlled half the shipping in England'
- father of Eloise, husband of Reyna
- British
Bride - Reward
Bloch
- �smartly dressed young man�
- works in Jacob Meyer�s home
Bride
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
Bride
Jean-Martin Bourciez
- father of Denis Bourciez, grandfather of Marie
- �retired� fake stamp maker
- French
Bride
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
- �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�
- vain
- �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�
- Austrian?
Exiles - Bride
Josiah Budge
- innkeeper
- British
Kiss
Bullin
- bald
- night porter in London Roth home
- British
Bride - Reward
Monsieur Busac
- innkeeper
- �less cowardly than his employees�
- French
Reward
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
Reward
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 - drops & old
- knows Jacob and Nathan Meyer
- appreciates honesty
- French
Bride
Mr. Castell
- dinner guest of Barrett�s, possibly familiar to Rachel
Honor
Lord Castlereagh
- Stewart�s older half-brother
- works for British government, writing treaties, making plans, etc
- British
Exiles -
Kiss
George Chapman
- �friend� of Drayton
Honor
Bertha Childe
- �takes great care to be very-well informed about�guests�
- enigmatic�
- thought to have been somehow involved with French �prisoner� held in Bassington home, though twice his age
- �hoisted� onto Countess of Bassington by cousins
- British
Kiss
Cloud
- Drayton�s �charger� (horse) in Spain
Honor
Misses Cole
- �Miss Cole was indeed a beauty, with fashionably dark hair and an ethereal air, and her younger sister showed promise as well�
- Miranda Waite�s cousins
Honor
Louis-Fran�ois Julien de Bourbon-Cond�, Marquis de Clermont 'Louis Savignac' �Duancy�
- �his eyes. They were very dark, with dark lashes, in curious contrast to the fair hair� �dark eyes, dark brows, gold hair, and fine-carved mouth�
- �fine, narrow hands� �his face. Narrow like his hands. Reserved� �high forehead and finely cut features� �aristocratic face�
- �very charming�
- �very proud�
- � royalty� �illegitimate�
- �gentleman adventurer� �very well read and can talk about nearly anything so plausibly you�d swear he had taken his degree in it� �a bit of an amateur naturalist�
- �would not call you (Julien) a spring. You (Julien) are too tall, and your clothing too sober�
- 29 years-old
- �never taken a chill�
- very much like Simon
- �realist�/�pessimist�
- �speaks perfect, unaccented English�
- old school friend of Phillip Derring
- �sent out of France when they started chopping off heads� as a child
- �not a man whose face or gestures would betray him�
- �a tidy, punctual bastard�
- hid �under floorboards during the Terror, fought a hired assassin in a duel, and shot a bear at point-blank range�
- �great-grandson of Louis XIV�
- �raised Catholic�
- French
Kiss
Prince Louis-Joseph de Bourbon-Cond�
- �an elderly man with a hooked nose and piercing light-blue eyes�
- �as a sign of his contempt for the weakness of the king and his fellow nobles, he recognized me (Julien) as his grandson�
- �always wore silk�
- �cold-hearted tyrant�
- from �a branch of the French royal family. Their claim to the throne was thought by many to be stronger than that of the current king-in waiting, Louis Bourbon� �a descendant of Louis XIV�
- father of Aline, grandfather of Julien
Kiss
Louise-Aline de Bourbon-Cond� �Mademoiselle Aline DeLis�
- �blonde, with green eyes�
- Julien�s mother
- �by far the youngest in her family, and very willful�
- Catholic
- daughter of Prince Louis-Joseph de Bourbon-Cond�
- French
Kiss
Lieutenant �Corey� Courthope
- �a shy young lieutenant with brown hair and light brown eyes�
- friend of Drayton
- �nice young man�
- �had fought one duel, forced on him by a loud-mouthed bully hoping to make himself a reputation at the expense of an inexperienced country lad�the younger man (Corey) had put a bullet in his opponent�s wrist before he had even levelled his weapon�
- �generally peaceable demeanor, an
- �marksmanship was superior�
Honor
Coughlin
- �ancient�
- �upper servant� in Bassington�s country home
- �knew Simon well�
- �indentured� in West Indies for �stealing a fish� � rescued by Bassington 30 years earlier
- British
Kiss
Crosswell
- Barrett�s secretary
- �a pleasant-faced young man of 22�
- British
Kiss
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�
- British
Exiles
D
Mendes DaCosta
- a �founding member(s) of the Aurelians and a Fellow of the Royal Society�
Kiss
Rafael Dacosta
- �old tyrant�
- �dreadful friend� of Samuel Bernel
- interested in marrying Eloise
Bride
Daniel
- �only nine, but a sharp one�
- grandson of innkeeper of the Blue Boar
Honor
Davies
- �an enormous man with bristling white hair�
- smithy
- British
Honor
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.
Reward
Noah Davis
- Mark�s son
- 8 years-old
Reward
DeCoster
- �informant for the British foreign office�
- �honest man�
Reward
Monsieur Dehn
- proprietor of a confectionary shop
Exiles
Deitrich
- cook for Bassington
- large
Kiss
Louise-Aline de Bourbon-Cond� �Mademoiselle Aline DeLis�
- �blonde, with green eyes�
- Julien�s mother
- �by far the youngest in her family, and very willful�
- Catholic
- daughter of Prince Louis-Joseph de Bourbon-Cond�
- French
Kiss
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�
- British
Exiles - Bride
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
- British
Exiles
Phillip �young� Derring
- �slovenly fellow�
- friend to both Julien and Serena
- country neighbor to Bassington
- Catholic
- protective of his friends
- British
Kiss
Mrs. Digby
- friend of Mrs. Fletcher, �old� nurse to Simon
- British
Kiss
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�
Bride - Reward
Lord Alcroft
- �spruce gentleman with graying dark hair� �trim gentleman, unmistakably related to Drayton�not as tall as his son, and the features were more delicate, but he had the same clear eyes, the same slightly square face�
- father of Richard, Sara, & Harry
- �feuds� with Drayton
- �so arrogant, the Due of Clarence sometimes forgets and bows to him (Alcroft)�
- �a very influential man�
Honor
Caroline Drayton
- �fair-haired girl of about eight�
- niece and ward of Richard Drayton
- loves animals
- British
Honor - Bride
Harry Drayton
- late father of William & Caroline, brother of Sara & Richard
- �had fallen at Salamanca� �cavalry troop�hacked down by the French infantry�
- �splendid fellow�
Honor
Richard C. Drayton
- �thick, dark hair, the level brows, and nearly black eyes in a slightly square, clean-lined face. He was tan from months on campaign. Perhaps a little on the tall side� �rather fierce-looking young man�
- 'mother's family was part Spanish'
- friend of Southy & Nathanson
- cannot act � �just an ignorant cavalry captain�
- protective, even to the point of being overprotective
- son of Lord Alcroft
- younger brother of Harry Drayton & Lady Sara Barrett
- British
Honor - Exiles - Bride - Kiss
William Drayton
- toddler
- �dreadfully spoilt�
- nephew and ward of Richard Drayton
- heir to Drayton�s family title
- British
Honor - Bride
Louis-Fran�ois Julien de Bourbon-Cond�, Marquis de Clermont 'Louis Savignac' �Duancy�
- �his eyes. They were very dark, with dark lashes, in curious contrast to the fair hair� �dark eyes, dark brows, gold hair, and fine-carved mouth�
- �fine, narrow hands� �his face. Narrow like his hands. Reserved� �high forehead and finely cut features� �aristocratic face�
- �very charming�
- �very proud�
- � royalty� �illegitimate�
- �gentleman adventurer� �very well read and can talk about nearly anything so plausibly you�d swear he had taken his degree in it� �a bit of an amateur naturalist�
- �would not call you (Julien) a spring. You (Julien) are too tall, and your clothing too sober�
- marquis
- 29 years-old
- �never taken a chill�
- very much like Simon
- �realist�/�pessimist�
- �speaks perfect, unaccented English�
- old school friend of Phillip Derring
- �sent out of France when they started chopping off heads�
- �not a man whose face or gestures would betray him�
- �a tidy, punctual bastard�
- hid �under floorboards during the Terror, fought a hired assassin in a duel, and shot a bear at point-blank range�
- �great-grandson of Louis XIV�
- �raised Catholic�
- French
Kiss
Pierre-Adolphe Duchene
- �private secretary� to Doucet
- French
Bride
Elana�s duenna
- �older woman in a plain black dress�
- speaks French but little or no English
- chaperone
Exiles
Madame Durry
- farmer who takes in and cares for Anthony & party on journey
- French
Reward
E
Emil
- Doucet�s butler
Bride
Emily
- �timid, quiet sort of girl�
- Serena�s maid
- British
Kiss
Th�olphile Emmert
- apothecary to Madame Carvallo
- paid to double dosage of Carvallo�s medication to increase illness
- French
Bride
Duke of Enghien
- �the duke had been shot�English boys still repeated with ghoulish fascination, the story of the duke�s dog, who had howled at the site of his master�s death for a full day, exposing the murder to the world�
- Julien�s cousin
Kiss
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�
Reward
John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed� �dark-haired young man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- gave up command in army
- uses cane, but doesn�t always need it
- �horse was shot under me (Evrett) and it rolled over my (Evrett�s) knee�
- �winged� Drayton during a duel
- �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�
- British
Honor - Exiles - Bride
Lady Evrett
- older
- mother of Evrett, John Weyland
- �notorious hypochondriac�
- intelligent and generous
- British
Exiles
F
Mrs. Fanny Asher
- companion & friend to Abigail
- widow
- �gentle patience�
Reward
Lieutenant Ferencz
- Hungarian Hussar - commander
- wants to be more important than is
- not incredibly bright
Exiles
Fidder
- Barrett�s valet
Honor
Fielding
- close friend to Drayton
Honor
Mrs. Fletcher
- housekeeper for Bassington
- widow
- friend to Mrs. Digby
- �round eyes�
- British
Kiss
Flynn
- portly, does not move quickly
- valet to Evrett, sometimes serves as butler
- British
Exiles
Lieutenant Franconnin
- �very handsome� trooper
- French
Reward
Signor Fratelli
- former �master� of Sommers�
- helped Sommers open his own sale d�armes
- Austrian
Exiles
Dr. Fry
- ship�s doctor aboard Intrepid
- British
Bride
G
Gentz
- Metternich�s secretary
- curious, powerful man, �notorious gossip�
- Austrian
Exiles
Cousin George
- Elizabeth�s first kiss at age 11 or 12
- British
Exiles
Monsieur Gibel
- employee of Roth-Meyer Bank � generally meats with perfumers
Reward
Dr. Gideon
- doctor to Southy�s mother
- British
Exiles
Mr. Googe
- constable at Bassington country estate
- �short, round body�
- �greedy�
- �pursuing the housekeeper (Mrs. Fletcher) since the day she had put off mourning for her husband, six years go�
- British
Kiss
Greda
- neighbour of Frau Renner
- Austrian
Exiles
H
Baron Haber
- combined efforts with Prince Metternich to suppress an uprising in Tyrol
Exiles
Hans
- coachman for Countess of Brieg
Bride
Hansi
- carriage driver for Dr. Walch
Exiles
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
Reward
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
Reward
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
Reward
Danielle Hart
- Stephen�s wife
- leader of women of the family
- 'had always been a realist'
Reward
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
Reward
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�
Reward
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�
Reward
Robert Hart
- son of Belinda and Aaron
- younger half-brother of Diana
Reward
Stephen Hart
- brother of Aaron
- husband of Danielle
- cousin of Joshua
Reward
Mrs. Harvey
- doctor, knows Barrett and Alcroft
Honor
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�
Reward
Mr. Hewitt
- �elderly banker�
- grown rich during war
- British
Kiss
Hickman
- Barrett�s groom
Honor
Hoop
- �Bassington coachman�
- �dour, close-mouthed man�
- British
Kiss
Houghton
- �blond young aristocrat�
- �Secretary to the Adjutant-General�
Honor
Do�a�s housekeeper
- thinks Do�a Maria is mad
- �enormous woman dressed all in black�
- does not speak German well
- Austrian
Exiles
Hubert
- footman in Bassington home
- British
Kiss
Madam Hulut
- proprietor of an emporium in Vienna
- modiste
Exiles
I
Lady Lucy Ingram
- �tiny figure�
- Drayton and Sara�s aunt
- blue eyes
- �has a way of taking charge of affiars�
- British
Bride
M. Ivanov
- was killed by and did kill Charles Piers, to keep him quiet about Russian source
- Russian
Kiss
J
Jackson
- Bassington�s gamekeeper
- �old�
- �rather short�
Kiss
Jacques
- �stout man�
- coachman hired by Abigail in France
Reward
Jarron
- �older fellow with a gray mustache�
- �not a bad sort, but Meillet dominates him completely�
- Southy�s French contact
Honor
Jean-Luc
- thug working for Meillet
- �unlovely henchman�
- 'a brutish young man, stout and well-muscled'
- �found it quite satisfying to serve his country by brutalizing prisoners�
Honor - Exiles
Jean-Pierre
- �reliable groom� employed at an inn
- French
Reward
Jeanette
- employee at Marchand�s inn
- French
Reward
Jeb
- �innkeeper�s (Bates) grandson and part-time ostler�
Kiss
Jem
- �stablehand who doubled as the kennelmaster at Leigh End (Barrett�s country home)
Honor
Philip Jervyn
- �one of Stewart�s aides�
- �fopish-looking secretary�
- not as heartless as some employing him
Exiles
Joan
- maid for Bernal family
Bride
Johann
- groom of Countess of Brieg � accompanies her on rides
Exiles - Bride
Josef
- �dour-looking�
- manservant of Countess of Brieg
Exiles - Bride
Joseph
- member of �guard� hastily set up after word of Napoleon�s escape, supporting Emperor
- French
Reward
Judit
- Reyna Bernal�s oldest sister
Bride
Julien
- Jean-Luc�s cousin
- smaller
- thug for Meillet
Exiles
Juliette
- Rachel�s cousin in Germany
Honor
Jurgen
- employee in Do�a Maria�s house in Vienna
Exiles
Monsieur Jusserand
- innkeeper
- French
Reward
K
Edward Kerry
- Foreign Office
Bride
King
- courier/spy?
Exiles
L
Ren� La�nnec
- doctor to Madame Carvallo
- helped in escape plot
- wars �an old-fashioned tie wig�
Bride
Herr Lang
- rented rooms to Sommers
Exiles
Deputy-Commissioner Launay
- nervous in Meillet�s presence, frightened of Meillet
- plump
- superior/commanding officer of Meillet, his recommendations influenced �the minister�
Exiles
Ensign Lawrence
- �cheerful young man with a very round face�
- �chubby�
- �at the Royal Naval College�
Honor
Leah
- sister of Abigail
- �an honorary member of the (Hart) family�
Reward
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
Bride
Leleu
- corporal under S�nard�s/St.Cyr�s command
- �a boy of 19�
Exiles
E. G. LeSueur
-�sandy hair, thin as a stick� �deep scar running down the side of his face� - �blond young aristocrat�
- friend of Phillip Derring
- �Secretary to the Adjutant-General�
- shares cubby �office� with Nathanson
- �2 brothers fell last year (1812) in Spain�
Honor - Bride -
Kiss
Reverend Mr. Leswell
- �a most obliging gentleman, who has been in Vienna conducting researches'
- blond
Exiles
Liesel
- assistant to Rollins
Exiles
Countess Lieven
- guest at Bassington-Barrett ball
Kiss
Rel�mpago �Lightning�
- �stocky chestnut� (horse) �roan�
- �quite fast�in spite of appearances�
Honor
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�
Bride
Tug & Lion
- Barrett�s spaniels (dogs)
- �old and silly, and all they do is sleep�
Honor
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
- nearly 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�
- used �more than 2 dozen� names in 1913
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �not known for his patience�
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
Honor - Exiles - Bride -
Kiss - Reward
Lisette
- maid employed by Abigail and Diana in France
- �cannot dress hair to save her life�
Reward
Mr. Lobatto
- �a kasamentero� - matchmaker
Bride
Lodge
- messenger �from the general�s staff�
Honor
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�
Bride
Lucy
- maid in Bassington home
Kiss
Estelle Lutford
- �a tiny, restless woman with implausibly dark hair and a hawklike face�
- Barrett�s aunt
- �so inquisitive�
- �rather conservative lady�
- �always knows every dreadful thing I (Drayton) have done while I (Drayton) have been away�
Reward
M
Magda
- maid to Countess of Brieg
Bride
Malton
- apprentice to Davies
-British
Honor
Marcel
- �earnest young trooper� under Doucet�s command
- �round face�
- French
Reward
Madame Marchand
- innkeeper
- French
Reward
Maria
- Rachel�s maid � �older woman�
- �family servant who is nearly your (James�) foster mother�
- Spanish
Honor - Bride
Maria
- sister to Phillip Derring
- pregnant
Kiss
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.�
Exiles
Marie
- �about 6 years old�
- sworn to silence by dying mother
- French
- very attached to objects, pet goat, brandy bottle
- �wide-eyed face�
Bride
Marta
- cleaning girl for Sommers/Renner
Exiles
Martin
- �rather loutish� very heavy, young� �very stout�
- �real filth, whom Meillet uses for rough work�
- �pig of a brother� of Jean-Luc
Honor
Mr. McLean
- Southy�s �bailiff, a tyrannical little Scotsman who believed they should be keeping count of every lump of sugar in the pantry�
Exiles
Claude Meillet
- gray eyes, ice cold
- blond
- tall figure, rigid
- intimidating
- 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�
-� the veriest fop�
- 'monster' �an ugly customer�
- well connected
- hate-filled
- �fancies himself as a swordsman�
- �clever Frenchman�
Honor
- Exiles - Bride
Raphael Meldola
- � the haham� �the rabbi at Bevis Marks� synagogue
- �mild-looking man with large dark eyes and a slightly melancholy air�
Bride
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�
- 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�
Exiles - Bride - Reward
Isabella Mendez
- Elana�s sister
Bride
Prince Clemens Lothat Wenzel von Metternich
- �minister�
- appreciates loyalty and recognizes talent�
- Austrian
Exiles -
Kiss
Prince Francis Charles
- Emperor�s son � younger brother to crown prince
Exiles
Charlotte Meyer
- cousin to James
- married to a Christian
Bride
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�
Bride
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�
Bride - Reward
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
- nearly 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'
- �not known for his patience�
- 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�
- used �more than 2 dozen� names in 1913
- almost never apologizes �and certainly not when he is engaged in an affair of honor� (duel)
- �green uniform�
- 'notorious'
Exiles - Bride -
Kiss - Reward
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�
Bride - Reward
Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �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�
- �most reliable and experienced reconnaissance engineer� �the heart of our (British) courier service�
- �could move in complete silence, even over gravel or leaves. He could finish an accurate sketch of a building in minutes�
- �taught himself to fall sleep and wake again in 15 minutes so as to make good use for all the hours he spends lying hidden�
Honor - Exiles - Bride - Kiss - Reward
Rachel Roth Meyer - Rachel Ross
- tall, slender �most decidedly not dumpy, and her voice was that of a well-educated Englishwoman. �wide dark eyes�
- 25 years-old
- 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'
- educated in �Italian, French, German, history, mathematics�
- was tutored with James �for several years�
- �not at all artistic�sketches have a distressing tendency to look like a draftsman�s rendering of a scene�singing is dreadful and no pianoforte is safe in my (Rachel�s) hands�
- �quite an experienced nurse�
- �if she (Rachel) gets up to her tricks, she can be as bad as that James�
- �chased by dogs once when I (Rachel) was younger, and now I (Rachel) am afraid of them�
- �fine fencer with words�
- �not good at masquerades�
- �the inside of her right shoulder�small scar there�.a round, dimpled scar�a bullet wound�
- �not good at waiting�
Honor - Bride - Kiss -
Reward
Sabine Meyer
- cousin or aunt to James
Bride
Michelet
- �most attractive�and most gullible�of the officials (Countess of Brieg) collected around herself�
- �charming small fry�
Bride
Minton
- �most discreet� butler of Barrets�
Honor
Mireille
- Marie�s mother, Bourciez�s sister
- died of �lung fever�
Bride
Lieutenant Moore
- �only been with White a few weeks� clerk
Bride
Andr� Moreau
- �rascally French count�
- �French officer captured in Portugal ha�French officer captured in Portugal had grown bored waiting at Boulton Park (Bassington�s country home) to be exchanged. He had amused himself by toying with a much younger Serena and had then broken both his parole and her heart by escaping�
Kiss
Mrs. �Mottsy� Mott
- Caroline�s nurse �devoted to her (Caroline), and Caroline exploits her shamelessly�
Honor
Mowatt
- boatman
- British
Honor
Frau Mueller
- �stout, with dark hair�
- countess� servant
Exiles
Munot
- innkeeper
- French
Reward
Murdock
- �stout older man�
- caretaker of Bernal�s country home in Ramsgate
Bride
Liza Murdock
- wife of Murdock
Bride
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
- hot-headed at times
- knows much, offers help when needed
Exiles
Nan & Peg
- �two scrubbers, who proved to be large, bovine sisters�
- �hired to work/clean Nathanson�s London home
Bride
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
- nearly 23-years-old
- courier/spy for British government
- Jewish
- not generally effected by women
- very rarely dances or curses in English
- 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)
Honor - Honor - Exiles - Bride - Kiss - Reward
Captain Francis Newton
- Captain of the Intrepid
- �square-jawed�
Bride
Robin �Master Robey� Noakes
- �a boatman�
Honor - Bride
Se�ora Nu�ez
- companion of Do�a Maria
Exiles
O
Lady Orset
- country neighbor to Bassington
- mother of Fanny Orset
- raises funds for hospital(s)
Kiss
Fanny Orset
- daughter of Lady Orset
- friend of Serena
Kiss
P
Pack
- Anthony�s brigade general
Reward
Baron Pasquier
- Paris �police official� Doucet doesn�t like
Bride
Nan & Peg
- �two scrubbers, who proved to be large, bovine sisters�
- �hired to work/clean Nathanson�s London home
Bride
Pete
- �a boy of about 8�
- runs errands for Applewaite
- British
Honor
Piccola �Peekhole�
- Rachel�s horse
- �beautiful mare�
Honor
Charles Piers
- �fair hair and dark eyes� �always taller� than Bassington
- just younger than Bassington, his cousin
- �his escapades were so shocking that he was eventually forced to go abroad. He died recently on the continent� �died well� �discovered� the identity of man in the Russian court �acting as a go-between� �and died ensuring that it remain secret�
- �scandal-monger�
- collected �the most vicious, most detailed account imaginable of every secret, illicit action at the Tsar�s court for the past ten years�
- �made his living ferreting out the Russian aristocracy�s nastiest secrets and then demanding money to keep them quiet�
- �claimed the honor� of being �the first Piers to be expelled from� Winchester (school)
- �rascally cheat�
- �forced to leave England as a young man�
- �often told people he was the heir to the Bassington earldom�
- �dashing and glamorous�
- �always relished the thought of being a devil�
Kiss
Clara, Countess of Bassington
- wife of Bassington, mother of Simon, aunt to Serena, the only child of her only sister
- over protective of Simon, obsessed with his health
- would-be matchmaker
Kiss
George Oliver Clement Piers, 5th Earl of Bassington
- �squarely built, with a high forehead and a mantle of salt-and-pepper hair which flew about his head�
- disorderly
- �irascible, stubborn, snuff-addicted, honorable, intelligent�
- would rather work than spend time with wife
- �unofficial consultant to the (British) government�
- �a cautious and intelligent politician, he wielded considerable influence in Parliament�
- �someone whose judgement and discretion were highly regarded�
- �can be terrifying when he is in a fury�
- plays �a prominent role in the delicate negotiations with Russia�
Kiss
Henry Piers
- �a Cavalier�
- �the founder of the (Bassington) line�
�a wealthy farmer who supported the king during the civil war and was rewarded with an earldom by Charles II�
Kiss
Simon Piers, Viscount Ogbourne
- �short, slight figure�
- �blue eyes�
- 11 years-old
- �badly spoilt�
- �has a delicate constitution� �feigns illness� �takes advantage of her (his mothers�) fears�
- �can open any lock in the house�
- �a rare handful�
- greatly enjoys doing this he is not supposed to, midnight treks, dismantling various items, playing with guns, etc
- physically resembles cousin Charles
Kiss
Potter
- suspicious lieutenant on Intrepid
Bride
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
Bride
Pritchett
- butler in Bassington�s �country� home
- very proper, stiff
Kiss
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�
Exiles - Bride
Purvis
- �stout, square-faced, dark hair�
- �grumbling about your (Bassington�s) gamekeeper since last winter, claiming he (gamekeeper) took up traps from their side of the hedge�
Kiss
Puzac
- �young aide� to at the Chat�au de Vincennes
Bride
Q
R
Sir Reginald
- country neighbor to Bassington
- �bereaved�
- �elderly� �a wealthy and childless widower, required frequent consolation for the perfidy of his younger relations, who unfailingly proved to have no sense of duty or affection but merely to be waiting for his demise�
- �fancies himself a judge of horses� � former owner of Tempest
Kiss
Rel�mpago �Lightning�
- �stocky chestnut� (horse) �roan�
- �quite fast�in spite of appearances�
Honor
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�
Exiles
Reuss
- son of Baroness Reuss
Exiles
Baroness Reuss
- wealthy resident of Vienna
Exiles
Mr. Reynolds
- �most senior of the three officers on deck� aboard Intredpid
Bride
Miss Robbins
- Countess of Bassington�s dresser
- �impeccable taste�
Kiss
Robson
- �small, balding figure�
- Drayton�s batman & valet
Honor
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
Exiles - Bride - Kiss - Reward
Rollins
- dresser for Lady Evrett
- �severe looking�
Exiles
Rollo
- cousin to Evrett
Exiles
Rachel Roth Meyer - Rachel Ross
- tall, slender �most decidedly not dumpy, and her voice was that of a well-educated Englishwoman. �wide dark eyes�
- 25 years-old
- 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'
- educated in �Italian, French, German, history, mathematics�
- was tutored with James �for several years�
- �not at all artistic�sketches have a distressing tendency to look like a draftsman�s rendering of a scene�singing is dreadful and no pianoforte is safe in my (Rachel�s) hands�
- �quite an experienced nurse�
- �if she (Rachel) gets up to her tricks, she can be as bad as that James�
- �chased by dogs once when I (Rachel) was younger, and now I (Rachel) am afraid of them�
- �fine fencer with words�
- �not good at masquerades�
- �the inside of her right shoulder�small scar there�.a round, dimpled scar�a bullet wound�
- �not good at waiting�
Honor - Bride - Kiss -
Reward
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
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Anthony Roth
- '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
- 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�
- Italian
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Eli Roth
- �short, round, balding, and near-sighted� 'keen eyes in a hars-featured face'
- brother of Miriam, uncle to James & Rachel
- prominent, wealthy, and �most powerful banker in England�
- �one of the richest men in England�no, in all Europe; an intimate of Wellington, a man with the ear of princes and kings in 6 countries�
- �a very astute man�
- �does not approve of (Rover�s) wanderings and hoped to make a scholar of (James)�
- very much loves Meyers family
- plays matchmaker for Nathan � �has become something of an obsession�
- �a planner�
- �technically�already ennobled, at least on the continent�never sought it�
Honor - Exiles - Bride - Reward
Baron Leon Roth
- Anslem�s fahter
- Austrian
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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� - �sister to the king�s physician�
- �distractions rarely worked on Louisa Roth for more than a minute�
Honor - Exiles - Bride - Reward
Rosie
- Abigail�s maid
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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
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Roulard
- French �boatman�, runs fishing boat with smuggling compartment, smugglers Eloise and James to England
Bride
Monsieur & Madame Roussier
- sausage-maker
- owns shop Rover stole supplies from
- French
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Nathan Meyer � �Rover�
- �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�
- �most reliable and experienced reconnaissance engineer� �the heart of our (British) courier service�
- �could move in complete silence, even over gravel or leaves. He could finish an accurate sketch of a building in minutes�
- �taught himself to fall sleep and wake again in 15 minutes so as to make good use for all the hours he spends lying hidden�
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Rowley
- Bassington�s London �elderly� butler
- more �informal� than Bassington�s country butler
Kiss
Jasper Royce
- �blond man in his 20s�
- �fastidious temperament� with a tendency toward �reorganizing� Bassington�s desk
- �bumbling�
- �secretary-cum-tutor� for Bassington/Simon
- �isn�t a very good tutor�
- �a bit of an ass�
Kiss
Ruebell
- works for Jacob Meyer, confidant/adviser, errands, masquerading, etc
- �older man�
Bride
Miss Russell
- well known modiste
Honor
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Fabrizio Sabatini
- great expert/master on fencing
-�the greatest living authority on the duello in Italy�
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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
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Sally
- �younger maid� in Rachel�s Kent home
Bride
Samuel
- �elderly manservant� employed by Woodleys
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Samuels
- groom employed by Rachel
Honor - Bride
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
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Satin
- �well-behaved horse� rented by/loaned to Julien by Bates
Kiss
Louis-Fran�ois Julien de Bourbon-Cond�, Marquis de Clermont 'Louis Savignac' �Duancy�
- �his eyes. They were very dark, with dark lashes, in curious contrast to the fair hair� �dark eyes, dark brows, gold hair, and fine-carved mouth�
- �fine, narrow hands� �his face. Narrow like his hands. Reserved� �high forehead and finely cut features� �aristocratic face�
- �very charming�
- �very proud�
- � royalty� �illegitimate�
- �gentleman adventurer� �very well read and can talk about nearly anything so plausibly you�d swear he had taken his degree in it� �a bit of an amateur naturalist�
- �would not call you (Julien) a spring. You (Julien) are too tall, and your clothing too sober�
- marquis
- 29 years-old
- French
- �never taken a chill�
- very much like Simon
- �realist�/�pessimist�
- �speaks perfect, unaccented English�
- old school friend of Phillip Derring
- �sent out of France when they started chopping off heads�
- �not a man whose face or gestures would betray him�
- �a tidy, punctual bastard�
- hid �under floorboards during the Terror, fought a hired assassin in a duel, and shot a bear at point-blank range�
- �great-grandson of Louis XIV�
- �raised Catholic�
Kiss
Colonel Sawyer
- Drayton�s (former) commanding officer
Honor
M. Schlewig
- Proprietor of jewellery store in a less than fashionable/prosperous district in Vienna
- elderly man
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Herr Schneidler
- landlord of home Elizabeth�s aunt and uncle rented in Vienna
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Rear Admiral Schomberg
- �the Schombergs were converted Jews�
Bride
Sedale
- Lady Barrett�s dresser
Honor
Colonel Michel S�nard
- 2nd in command in St.-Cyr�s unit on French-Austrian border
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Sievert
- Southy�s valet
Honor - Exiles
Silver
- 5 year-old horse
- �from the same dam� as Sleet � �amazing resemblance� �darker coat, fewer markings on the withers, higher stockings on the forefeet, a narrower mouth�
- �previous owner was a nincompoop�
- bought by Southy
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Silvio
- valet/assistant to Nathanson, also works as butler, batman, 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�
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Sleet
- Drayton�s �mare� (horse) in England �had her since she was a filly� given to him by Harry
- �gray with tiny silver streaks down her face and withers, like an ice storm�
Honor
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.�
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Alice Southy
- Southy�s sister
- 'very pretty, with red-gold hair and greenish eyes�
- approximatly 10-11 years old
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Michael'Commander' �Sommers� 'South' Southy
- natural red-brown (auburn) hair
- youthful, tanned face
- hazel eyes, fine, thin mouth
- �fine-boned face�
- 'no great height'
- 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).'
- '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�
- 'notoriously modest with women and rarely took more than a glass or two of wine in an entire evening'
- 'neat as a pin'
- 'dispised his father'
- 'somewhat artistic'
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Nigel Southy
- Southy's father
- �a drunken lecherous cheat who gambled away one of the loveliest estates in Kent and then rode his second-best hunter into a ditch�
- �before he died he had notes on every acre�
- �used to spend his leisure time beating him (Southy)�
- �treated his wife dreadfully, had gotten himself blackballed from every decent club in London, and had not been seen sober after 6 in the evening for as long as anyone could remember�
- �womanizing sot�
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Mrs. Southy
- Southy�s mother
- (in miniature portrait) �fair-haired woman of about thirty�
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Spier
- von Werzel�s second in duel against Anslem
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St.-Cyr
- �a difficult commander at the best of times�
- delegates all responsibility when frustrated
- commands unit nearest Vienna on French-Austrian border
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Staples
- Barrett�s butler
Kiss
Sir Charles Stewart
- Ambassador to Prussia
- British
- quick to jump to conclusions
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�Dear Lady�
- Elizabeth�s aunt
- wife of Joseph Stourhead
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Joseph Stourhead
- renegade arms dealer
- protruding �fish-like eyes�
- �older man, clean-shaven, with prominent eyes� �bushy eyebrows�
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Sweelinck
- butler for Eli Roth
- Dutch
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Tebaldo
- employee of Signor Fratelli, sent to follow Sommers
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Tempest
- bites, fights, kicks
- horse bought by Julien
Kiss
Mrs. Tibbet
- housekeeper for Barretts
- �genteel�
Honor
Toby
- assistant coachman for Nathanson
- �younger, thickset man�
Bride
Tom
- head ostler at and nephew of the cook at the Golden Pheasant
Honor
Colonel Tredwell
- �a small man of forty� �pale blue eyes�
- �Deputy Adjutant-General, and officially he manages requisitions. But in fact, he supervises military intelligence for the whole Peninsula. Reports directly to Wellington�
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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�
- loves smoked herring
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Tuckett
- servant in Bassington home
Kiss
Tug & Lion
- Barrett�s spaniels (dogs)
- �old and silly, and all they do is sleep�
Honor
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Mademoiselle Veidler
- friend of Countess of Brieg � goes riding with her
Exiles
Vernon
- �slight, middle-aged man�
- Julien�s valet
- �unerring sense of property�
- �a gentleman�s gentleman�
- �a pessimist�
- �handpicked for his knowledge of the aristocratic code of conduct�
- �like a guard dog�
Kiss
Johann Vogal
- �He has the most beautiful voice and is very witty and charming as well.�
- performer at Do�a Maria�s party
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Frederick Waite
- brother of the Miranda
- went to Cambridge at the same time as Corey
Honor
Miranda Waite
- 'light brown hair' �sparkling gray eyes�
- �had plenty of suitors. She was attractive, although not beautiful, lively, unspoiled, and very, very well dowered� �charm depended more on her sunny nature than on her undistinguished features and pleasant but not elegant figure�
- intended Mrs. Waite & Lady Barrett to marry Drayton
- �a diamond of the first water�
Honor
Mrs. Waite
- mother of Miranda
Honor
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
Exiles
Dr. Wall
- family doctor for Bassington
- �not an over-cautious physician�
Kiss
Frau Wecklein
- seamstress
Exiles
Frau Wedlein
- housekeeper/cook for Elizabeth�s aunt and uncle
- �let go� due to low funds after aunt became ill
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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
- �oafish�
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John Weyland - Evrett
- �dark-eyed� �dark-haired young man�
- �tall young man leaning on a cane�
- gave up command in army
- uses cane, but doesn�t always need it
- �horse was shot under me (Evrett) and it rolled over my (Evrett�s) knee�
- �winged� Drayton during a duel
- �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�
Honor - Exiles - Bride
Lady Evrett
- older
- mother of Evrett, John Weyland
- �notorious hypochondriac�
- intelligent and generous
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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
- 'didn't seem the type I (Drayton) would want to confront with the handicap of a pounding head'
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Will
- �postboy at the Crown and Eagle�
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Winters
- 'older man'
- Evrett�s second in duel against James
- known to James, but vaguely
Honor - Bride
Augusts Wolf
- �a stout young man�
- wears �gold-rimmed spectacles, which hung slightly askew�
- Nathanson�s accountant/�man of business�
Bride
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
Exiles
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�
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Lieutenant Christopher Woodley
- �infantry regiment�
- brother of Christopher and Martha
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Eleanor Woodley
- �quite shy�
- cousin to Martha, Charles, Christopher
- friend of Diana
-Christian
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Henrietta Woodley
- friend of Abigail
- mother of Martha, Charles, Christopher
-�a vicar�s daughter from an old Lincolnshire family�
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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�
-Christian
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