HONOUR’S CHOICE  FEBRUARY 1809—DECEMBER 1809

 

The Honour Series Characters in order of appearance:

 

Hadleigh Tarrant— nephew of Adrian Tarrant, Earl of Tretain, recruited to become a government agent by best friend André Ribeymon, Baron de la Croix

André Ribeymon, Baron de la Croix—Lady Juliane Tretain’s nephew whom she rescued as a young child with his infant sister from France during the Terror.  She and her husband, the Earl of Tretain, raised them as their own.  Presents a foppish appearance and manner to conceal his work as an English government agent

Earl and Countess Tretain—Adrian Tarrant, former English Government  agent and Juliane Perrill.  Home estate is Trees in Berkshire

Sarah, Lady Edgerton—widow of Sir Rufus Edgerton, Baronet, who uses her knowledge of herbal medicine to care for the people in the Lewes area

Elminda Edgerton—Sarah’s sister-in-law

Donatien—French master spy famous for his disguises seen as English Squire George and then as French emigré Jacques Porteur (Book 1 Debt), and the French spy Chercheur and the Prussian officer Berthold von Willmar (Book 2 Choice).  Letu (dies May 30 1809) and Gano are his henchmen

Petit—dwarf brother of Donatien who acts as his butler and valet

Gilmar Crandall—physician from Lewes who treats Hadleigh while at Edgerton Manor

Molly—abigail to Sarah, Lady Edgerton who also assists her with her medical treatments

Darton—long-time Edgerton butler

Bob Cauley—former sergeant and batman hired to help take care of Hadleigh at Edgerton Manor. He later becomes Hadleigh’s valet.

Amabelle Edgerton—Lady Edgerton’s step-daughter

Michael Leonard—Lady Edgerton’s younger brother who is an underclerk at the War Office In London

Leora Ribeymon—André’s younger sister raised by the Tretain’s from infancy

Michelle, Ann Marie, Louis and Daniel Tarrant—children of the Earl and Countess of Tretain

Quentin Bellaport, Viscount Broyal and his wife Madeline (Maddie—their story is in Book 1) Former Major of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars)

Major Lord Blake Danbury of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars)—3rd son of the Duke of Devereaux, scar runs down right cheek

Captain Lucian Merristorm of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars)—renounced his honorary title as Earl Gilchrist; is known for his courage in battle but also for his drinking and wenching

Lieutenant Samuel Goodchurch of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars)—nicknamed Vicar due his constant quoting from the Bible

Lieutenant James Vincouer of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars)—Lady Maddie Bellaport, Viscountess Broyal’s first cousin; went missing on the Spanish Peninsula during the retreat to Corunna in 1808-09

 

 

 

ISBN 978-9852913-2-7 and 9781610849906

Copyright 2013 Joan Wesolowsky

Published in 2017 by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

 

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