Characters
- Jack Aubrey - Captain of HMS Surprise.
- Stephen Maturin - ship's surgeon, friend to Jack and an intelligence officer.
- Sophie Aubrey (née Williams) - Jack's wife
- Mr Hollom - midshipman on HMS Surprise
- Mr and Mrs Horner - master gunner on HMS Surprise and his young wife
- Mr Allen - master on HMS Surprise
- Mr Martin - a Royal Navy parson
- Captain Pullings - a volunteer on HMS Surprise
- Barret Bonden - Jack Aubrey's coxwain
- Mr Mowett - lieutenant on HMS Surprise
- Preserved Killick - Jack Aubrey's shrewish manservant on HMS Surprise
- Padeen Colman - Stephen Maturin's huge, gentle Irish manservant and loblollyboy on HMS Surprise
- Captain Palmer - Captain of the USS Norfolk
- Haines - a British Navy deserter on the USS Norfolk
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