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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