List of Main Characters

The Laceys

Sir Bernard: the writer of the diaries

Lady Constance: wife of Sir Bernard

Sir Henry: elder son of Sir Bernard

William: younger son of Sir Bernard

Lady Mary: wife of Sir Henry

Sir Augustus (Gussie): son of Sir Henry

Lady Lucille: wife of Sir Gussie

Sir Augustus (Bertie): son of Sir Gussie

Sir Bernard: son of William and Josephine

Lady Catherine: wife of the second Sir Bernard

Sir William: elder son of the second Sir Bernard

Henry: younger son of the second Sir Bernard

Rose: wife of Henry Lacey

Rowan: daughter of Henry and Rose

Lady Eva: wife of Sir William

Sir Arthur: son of Sir William; politician

Audrey: daughter of Sir William

Skye: illegitimate daughter of Sir Arthur

Lady Barbara: wife of Sir Arthur

The Olivierres

Claude: gentleman from the island of Jersey

Patience: wife of Claude, sister of Constance

Mary Lettice: infant daughter of Claude and Patience

Josephine: daughter of Claude; wife of William Lacey

Others

Lady Frances Frensham: friend to the first Sir Bernard

Sir Robert Frensham: husband of Lady Frances

Ennor Jolliffe: Cornishman

Iain McFarlane: lawyer, friend to Sir Gussie

The 21st century

Professor Carl Witherby: historian

Fergal Shepherd: assistant to Sir Arthur Lacey

Gayle Shepherd: politician

Jilly Bouldnor: television presenter

Historical characters

(to whom many of the actions described cannot truly be attributed)

The Duke of Wellington: soldier and politician

Napoleon Bonaparte: sometime Emperor of the French

Joséphine de Beauharnais: wife of Napoleon Bonaparte