Cast of Main Characters in Order of First Mention

Colonel Paul de Saint-Martin	a French nobleman, provost in the Royal Highway Patrol
Comtesse Marie de Beaumont	Saint-Martin’s aunt
Baron Breteuil	Minister for Paris, distant relative of Saint-Martin and his patron
Captain Maurice Fitzroy	an Irishman, womanizer and rogue
Sylvie de Chanteclerc	Baron Breteuil’s goddaughter, assaulted by Fritzroy
Anne Cartier	English actress of French Huguenot descent; also teacher of the deaf
Madame Francine Gagnon	a French milliner on Milsom Street, Bath. Spies for Baron Breteuil
Georges Charpentier	resourceful assistant to Paul de Saint-Martin
André Cartier	Anne’s paternal grandfather, a wealthy gunsmith
Thomas Braidwood	educator of the deaf
Jack Roach	a clever criminal; Anne Cartier’s particular enemy
Charlie Rogers	11-year-old deaf son of Lady Margaret and Sir Harry
Lady Margaret [née Pakenham]	an Irish noble woman, married to Sir Harry Rogers
Mary Campbell	young woman, Charlie’s first tutor, died of a fall
Sir Harry Rogers	wealthy slave trader from Bristol, husband of Lady Margaret
Harriet Ware	Anne Cartier’s best friend, a singer and dancer. Sir Harry is her patron
William Rogers	Sir Harry’s nephew, a 15 year old cheat and bully
Edward Critchley	William’s learned tutor
Jeffery	also called Lord Jeff. A black slave, footman at Combe Park, and a boxer
Peter Hyde	Sir Harry’s coachman and former boxer
Dick Burton	Bow Street officer from London
Betty Murphy	elderly Irish woman in Bristol, nurse to Lady Margaret and her son Charlie
David Woodhouse	Quaker printer and abolitionist
Sarah Smith	seamstress, free black woman and Jeffery’s friend