Black Foxes - Characters

Characters

Tyrone - is the main character in the story. He is a rich lord who has his father's legacy and enough money to last him several lifetimes.

Oscar - is Tyrone's best and most loyal friend. In section 2 he is married with Silke, and in section 3, he has died.

Silke - hated by Tyrone by the 1st section, she quickly becomes his friend. She is married to Oscar, but decides to run away to Paris.

Gabrielle - is a female servant to Silke. She goes along with Tyrone and Oscar in the 1st section.

Grundy - Oscar's stable boy.

Lord Silverdale - is Tyrone's childhood grudge. He dies in section 1 when he shoots Tyrone and Oscar kills him in turn.

Celia - is Oscar's sister. She is a married woman with twins and no wedding ring. She convinces Oscar to trick Holly.

Holly - is a servant for Wylde Hide. She runs away when she believe Tyrone betrayed her and dies giving birth at the end of section 2.

Casper - once saved Tyrone's life from some friends of Silverdale. Although noble at first, he becomes deceitful when he tries to make Holly fall in love with him instead.

Ashley - is the son of Oscar. He was raised by Tyrone ever-since 7 when his father dies.

Meg - was raised by Silke in Paris. She is a fine woman and occasionally visits Ashley.

Cal - is the son of Tyrone and Holly. Oscar keeps him a secret and gives money to him.

Romany - is the best friend of Cal. He accompanies him when travelling to the Herringbone Estate

Works by Sonya Hartnett
Picture books
  • The Boy and the Toy (2010)
  • Come Down, Cat! (2011)
Junior fiction
  • Sadie and Ratz (2008)
  • The Children of the King (2012)
Teen and young adult fiction
  • Wilful Blue (1994)
  • Sleeping Dogs (1995)
  • The Devil Latch (1996)
  • Princes (1997)
  • All My Dangerous Friends (1998)
  • Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf (1999)
  • Thursday's Child (2000)
  • Forest (2001)
  • The Silver Donkey (2004)
  • The Ghost's Child (2007)
  • Butterfly (2009)
  • The Midnight Zoo (2010)
Adult fiction
  • Trouble All The Way (1984)
  • Sparkle and Nightflower (1986)
  • The Glass House (1990)
  • Black Foxes (1996)
  • Of a Boy (2002)
  • Surrender (2005)
  • Landscape with Animals (2006)

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