ON CHARMANTES:
The Duvoisin Family:
Frederic Duvoisin—Patriarch and master of Charmantes; son of Jean Duvoisin II, founder of Les Charmantes (deceased); brother of Jean III (deceased)
Elizabeth Blackford Duvoisin—Frederic’s first wife (deceased 1808)
John Duvoisin—Only son of Frederic and Elizabeth; heir to the Duvoisin fortune (born 1808)
Paul Duvoisin—Frederic’s illegitimate son (born 1808)
Colette Duvoisin—Frederic’s second wife (born 1810; deceased 1837)
Yvette and Jeannette Duvoisin—Twin daughters of Frederic and Colette (born 1828)
Pierre Duvoisin—Youngest son of Frederic and Colette (born 1834; deceased 1837)
Agatha Blackford Ward Duvoisin—Older sister of Frederic’s late wife, Elizabeth; John’s aunt; Frederic’s third wife
People living in the Duvoisin Mansion:
Charmaine Ryan—Heroine of the story (born 1818 in Richmond, Virginia), governess to the Duvoisin children; only child of Marie and John Ryan
Rose Richards—Elderly nursemaid to Yvette, Jeannette & Pierre; formerly nanny to John & Paul; originally hired by Jean II to care for Frederic as a young boy
Professor Richards—Rose Richards’s husband; formerly tutor to John & Paul; initially hired by Jean II as a tutor for Frederic (deceased)
George Richards—Rose and Professor Richards’s grandson; close friend of John & Paul; production manager and overall supervisor of island operations (born 1809)
Duvoisin Servants:
Jane Faraday— Head housekeeper
Travis Thornfield—Butler and Frederic’s personal valet
Gladys Thornfield—Travis’s wife; Agatha’s personal maid
Millie and Joseph Thornfield—Travis and Gladys’s children
Felicia Flemmings—Housemaid
Anna Smith—Housemaid
Fatima Henderson—Cook
Grace Smith—Head-housekeeper on Espoir
Rachel—Scullery maid
Gerald—Head groom
Bud—Stablehand
Islanders:
Dr. Robert Blackford—Island physician; Agatha’s twin brother; older brother to Frederic’s first wife, Elizabeth; John’s uncle
Dr. Adam Hastings—Island’s new physician
Harold Browning—Charmantes’ overseer
Caroline Browning—Harold’s wife; sister of Loretta Harrington
Gwendolyn Browning—Harold and Caroline’s only daughter
Stephen Westphal—Charmantes’ financier; manager of the town bank
Anne Westphal London—Stephen’s widowed daughter; resides in Richmond
Mercedes Wells—Anne London’s personal lady’s maid and attendant
Father Benito St. Giovanni—Island priest
Jake Watson—Harbor foreman
Buck Mathers—Dockworker
Madeline Thompson (Maddy)—Mercantile proprietress
Wade Remmen—Lumbermill operator
Rebecca Remmen—Wade’s younger sister; friend of Gwendolyn Browning
Martin—Livery hostler and town farrier
Dulcie—Proprietress of the town tavern
IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA:
Marie Ryan—Charmaine’s mother, abandoned as a young child at the St. Jude Refuge; (deceased 1835)
John Ryan—Charmaine’s fugitive father
Father Michael Andrews—Pastor of St. Jude’s Church and Refuge
Sister Elizabeth—Nun and teacher at the St. Jude Refuge
Stuart Simons—John Duvoisin’s production manager
Brian Duvoisin—freed slave; John Duvoisin’s overseer
Nettie Duvoisin—Brian’s wife; freed slave
Joshua Harrington—Charmaine’s first employer
Loretta Harrington—Joshua’s wife; sister of Caroline Browning
Edward Richecourt— Duvoisin lawyer
Helen Richecourt—Edward’s wife
Geoffrey Elliot III—Duvoisin lawyer
Mary & Raymond Stanton—friends of Loretta and Joshua Harrington
IN NEW YORK:
Lily Clayton—freed slave; John Duvoisin’s former housekeeper at Freedom.
Rose Forrester—Lily’s sister; freed slave; former housekeeper at Wisteria Hill.
Dr. Hastings—John’s friend; uncle to Dr. Adam Hastings
SHIPS’ CAPTAINS:
Jonah Wilkinson—Captain of the Raven
Philip Conklin—Captain of the Tempest
Will Jones—Captain of the Heir
Matt Williams—Captain of the Destiny
IN MEMORY:
Adele Delacroix—Colette’s mother (deceased)
Pierre Delacroix—Colette’s brother (deceased)
Pascale—Colette’s childhood girlfriend
Thomas Ward—Agatha’s first husband