One may want to read the information on this page after reading the book since it reveals events from the end of the book. The purpose of this page is to serve as a review when reading books with a later chronological date.

I. Euphemia "Mia" Buchanan, 22 years old; known as "The Unattainable"

• Colonel Sir Armstrong "Army Buck" Buchanan: Euphemia's father, soldier
• Lieutenant Sir Simon Buchanan, 28 years old: Euphemia's brother
  • Ernestine Buchanan: Simon's wife, later agreed to a divorce and married Admiral Sir Hugh Larchdale
    • Simon had found Ernestine with John Garvey, friend to the Regent
    • children: William, infant; John; Belinda, 2 years older than John
  • Timothy Van Lindsay: Simon's friend
• Robert Buchanan: Euphemia's brother, at Eton
• Gerald Buchanan: Euphemia's brother, at Cambridge
• Mary: Euphemia's sister, married to Roger, member of the clergy
• Aunt Lucasta: Euphemia's great aunt, lives at Meadow Abbey
• Charlotte Hilby: Euphemia's friend, very wealthy, hosted grand balls
  • Galen Hilby: Charolotte's brother
• Jeremy Bolster, John Colborne, Harry Redmond, Tristram Leith: Euphemia's friends

II. Garret Thorndyke Hawkhurst, 32 years old; Dominer is Garret's estate

• Cordelia: Garret's mother; his father died in a race when Garret was 7 years old, Cordelia died shortly after
• Wilberforce: Garret's maternal cousin, was to raise Garret, but instead left him with a cruel tutor
• Admiral Lord Jonathan Wetherby: Garret's paternal grandfather
  • one daughter died; Dora Graham was his other daughter
  • had been classmate at Harrow with Spaulding
    • both were in love with the same girl, but Spaulding married her
    • Spaulding's son was killed at Assaye; daughter: Blanche
  • always wanted Garret to marry Blanche, which he did
• Stephanie Hawkhurst: Garret's sister; married Simon Buchanan after his divorce
• Blanche Spaulding Hawkhurst: Garret's first wife
  • had been in love with Robert Mount AKA John Knowles-Shefford; who later blackmailed Garret
  • killed when her chaise went off the road and into the sea in Southern France
• Avery Hawkhurst AKA Kent, 6 years old: Blanche and Garret's son
  • Jeremy Bolster gave Avery a white stuffed bear for his 2nd birthday
  • Avery kept the bear hidden in a "secret cave" at Dominer
  • thought to have been killed with Blanche when he was 2 years old
  • Robert Mount found him after Blanche's chaise accident and blackmailed Garret for 4 years
  • was a climbing boy and had tumbled down the chimney when Euphemia was visiting Mary in Kent
• Lady Carlotta Thorndyke Bryce: Garret's maternal aunt
  • Lord Coledridge Bryce, 19 years old: Carlotta's son
  • Bertha Bruce Kingsdale: Carlotta's married daughter
• Mrs. Dora Graham: Garret's paternal aunt, raised Stephanie
  • Stephanie's two older sisters went to a seminary after their parents deaths
• Nell Henderson: Garret's housekeeper; saved Garret from a spiteful tutor
• Lord Maximilian Gains: Garret threw acid, which he thought was water, into Max's eye
  • Chilton Gains: Max's brother and Coledridge Bryce's friend
• Dr. Harold "Hal" Archer: physician, lived in Down Buttery
• Diccon: Garret's agent, helped search for Avery after the chaise accident

III. Others Mentioned

• Duke of Vaille, 46 years old; at 19, ran off with London's Leading Toast
• Sir Giles Breckenridge: Deirdre Breckenridge's father
• Harry Redmond: brought home from Ciudad Rodrigo
• The Honourable Colonel Tristram Leith: in love with Euphemia Buchanan
  • Lord Kingston Leith: Tristram's father
• Sally Jersey and Countess Lieven
• Richard Saxon

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