The Letter of Marque - Characters

Characters

  • Jack Aubrey - Captain of the Surprise.
  • Stephen Maturin - ship's surgeon, friend to Jack and an intelligence officer.
  • Sophie Aubrey - Jack's wife.
  • Philip Aubrey - Jack's younger half-brother.
  • Diana Maturin (née Villiers) - Stephen's estranged wife.
  • Sir Joseph Blaine
  • Mr Nathaniel Martin
  • Preserved Killick
  • Barret Bonden
  • Padeen Colman - Stephen's Irish servant; loblolly-boy on the Surprise
  • Captain Tom Pullings - a volunteer King's officer on board the Surprise.
  • Captain William Babbington - Captain of HMS Tartarus; commander of the St Martin blockading squadron; made Post Captain; lover of Fanny Wray.
  • Fanny Wray - daughter of Admiral Harte and wife of Andrew Wray.
  • Andrew Wray - works for the Admiralty; a French agent.
  • Charlotte, Fanny and George Aubrey - Jack's three children.
  • The Duke of Clarence - the Regent's younger brother.
  • Ledward - works for the Treasury; a French agent.
  • Mrs Broad - landlady of The Grapes.
  • Mr Davidge and Mr West - officers on the Surprise.
  • Slade - a follower of Seth and crew member of the Surprise.
  • Colonel Gedymin Jagiello - a Colonel in the Swedish armed forces.
  • Countess Tessin - Jagiello's grandmother.

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