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. Deirdre Althea Constance Breckenridge, 21 years old

• betrothed to Lucian, had been in love with him since she was six years old
• played the part of Thea, a gypsy
• Sir Giles Breckenridge: Deirdre 's father
  • Fernoaks Manor, Queen Anne architecture: Giles' country estate
• Lady Barbara Breckenridge: Deirdre's mother, died when Deirdre was a small child
• Lady Salia Breckenridge Wyckham: Sir Giles's sister, Deirdre's aunt
  • married Major Sir Charles Wyckham, who was later killed and died in Lucian's arms at Salamanca
  • many years later married Lord John Moulton
  • Alice Wyckham: Charles and Salia's daughter
    • lived with the gypsies, later fell in love with Jocelyn Vaughan
  • Daniel: Salia's adopted son
    • saved Lucian after the Dandy Lion shot him and Everett threw him in the river
• Giles and Salia's mother: descended from The High Proud Ones of the Romany line
• Richard Saxon: orphaned, went to school with Lucian; Deirdre's half brother
  • Richard's mother at 20 years old married Saxon, who was 55 years old
  • Sir Giles met Richard's mother, she became pregnant with Richard
  • Richard's mother went back to live with Saxon; Sir Giles married later and had Deirdre
  • after his legal parents died, Sir Giles became his guardian
  • tried to elope with Deirdre, but Sir Giles stopped them and told them the truth
  • Sir Giles later acknowledged him as his heir
• Nicholas: Deirdre's second cousin, guarded "Thea"
• Hilda Cook: Deirdre's abigail
  • Adam Cook: Hilda's father
    • built a boat house, The Hipopotamus
  • Bessie Cook: Hilda's twin sister
    • traveled with Adam on the river until she and her affianced went to a fair and never returned
    • was found with Deirdre in the cave near Beechmead, Mr. Humphrey escorted her back to her father

II. Lucian Stewart Raymond, Viscount St. Clair, 27 years old

• Captain in Wellington's Army, fought at Quatre Bras, Talavera, Toulouse, and Waterloo
• away from England for six years, heir to Aunt Sophia's estates in Scotland
• Caliph: Lucian's black Arabian stallion
• Homer: Lucian's dog
• Beechmead Hall: Lucian's country seat in Sussex
  • Norcroft: butler
  • Hogan: bailiff at Beechmead until he drank poinsoned brandy
  • Sir Adrain Long: wrote to Lucian asking him to hire Hoyt as bailiff; was later killed in a duel by the Dandy Lion
  • Hoyt: bailiff at Beechmead for four years without taking care of it, Silas dismissed him
  • Mr. Humphrey: village constable and Lucian's new bailiff
• Lord Geoffrey, Fifth Earl of Harland: Lucian's father
  • Lord Geoffrey fell in love with Sir Giles' sister, Lady Salia Breckenridge, she refused to marry him
  • he challenged Sir Giles with pistols and shot him near his spine, which crippled him
  • Richard Saxon's father saved Harland's life in Holland in 1794
  • Hollow Hill Manor: Harland's country seat
    • Mr. Fry: butler
    • Meg Young: Lucian's old nurse
• Jennifer: Lord Geoffrey's wife and Lucian's mother, died when Lucian was six years old
• Lord John Moulton: Harland's half brother, had also been in love with Jennifer and Salia
  • Jocelyn's uncle
  • Greenwings: John's home
• Silas Marshall: Lucian's valet
  • Lucian "fired" him so that he could work for and keep an eye on Jocelyn
• Jocelyn Vaughan, 24 years old
  • Lucian's cousin, fought with Lucian Quatre Bras
  • in love with Felicity
  • Letitia Vaughan, 15 years old: Jocelyn's sister
• Felicity Russell: very beautiful lady
  • father gambled the fortune away, then shot himself and her mother died years before
  • has young brothers and a sister to provide for
  • in love with Richard Saxon
  • her aunt wanted her to marry Everett
• Lady Anne Hersh
  • cousin to Winfield's mother (which actually makes her Winfield's cousin once removed, although she is referred to as his aunt)
  • second cousin to Lucian's mother (which actually makes her Lucain's second cousin once removed, although she is referred to as a distant aunt)
  • after the death of their parents, Anne raised Amanda and Winfield Hersh
  • Amanda "Mandy" Hersh: Lucian's cousin
  • Winfield Hersh AKA The Dandy Lion: Amanda's half-brother
• Lucinda, Countess of Carden: godmother to Lucian and Mandy
• Edythe, Comtesse de Roule, French: Lucian's "Significant Other"
  • Richard Saxon offered her marriage
  • was pregnant with Lucian child
  • refused to marry Lucian because she believed he would be disowned by his father, dishonoured, and unable to return to England
  • Lucian thought he killed the Comtesse when she accidentally fell off a cliff
  • after her death, Lucian fought her two cousins, a friend of the family, her brother twice, and Richard
• Count Jaques de Roule AKA Prince Mahouf: Edythe's brother
  • was sent by his government to help destroy the slave traffic in England
• Sir Paul Everett: along with Winfield Hersh AKA The Dandy Lion, tried to kill St. Clair
  • In Brussels, Jocelyn bloodied his nose, Everett snatched a butcher knife and when Lucian poured a pot of hot Bouillabaisse over his head, Everett, forgetting about the knife, sliced his own face
  • kicked Lucian in the face with his boot after the Dandy Lion shot him and they thought he was dead
• Lord Jeremy Bolster: terrible handwriting and stutters, fought St. Clair upon first meeting him
  • fought with Picton at Badajoz, was caught in a mine blast and buried with six of his men who died
  • in love with Amanda
  • had a rotton tooth, Amanda pulled a wrong one, but the rotton one was knocked out while righting the Dandy Lion
• Sir Harry Redmond
  • injured at Ciudad Rogrigo
  • follows Lady Dorothy Haines-Curtis
  • Lady Sophia Drayton: Harry Redmond's cousin
• Captain Miles Cameron: a Scotsman
• Percival: fencing master, taught Lucian and Richard
  • kicked Winfield "Dandy Lion" out after three lessons
  • Madame Robina LaSalle: Percival's widow went to France and remarried
    • returned to England from Spain and worked as a dressmaker

III. Other Notes

• Attended Harrow: Jeremy and Harry
• Attended Oxford: Lucian, Jocelyn, Richard, and Winfield
• Samuel Chatham: had six sons, one died of the pox, two in war, one is landlord of The Red Bull, Jarge owns a farm in Falmouth, and one is a sergeant in the Rifle Brigade
  • told Lucian how he helped Jocelyn when he was attacked by three men while asleep
• George Napier: served at Waterloo with St. Clair, lost his arm; raved to Lady Anne of Lucian's gallantry
• Sir James Crawford and Sir William Porter: members of the haute ton, cut Lucian on the London Road
• Brenda Smythe-Carrington: was linked with Lucian
• Guests at Harland's Homecoming Ball in Honor of Lucian
  • John, Lucinda, Amanda, Winfield, Richard, and Felicity
  • Jeremy, Harry , and Miles
  • Sir Aubrey Suffield and Sir James Crawford
  • Lord and Lady Westhaven
  • Lady Daphne Endicott and her daughter Annabelle
  • Lisbeth Dowell
  • Lady Sophia Drayton
  • Lady Dorothy Haines-Curtis
  • Dowager Duchess of Banbury and Lord Gregory Hughes
• Lord and Lady Westhaven's Ball
  • Lord Horace Owsley escorted Amanda
  • Lucinda, Jocelyn, Richard, Jeremy, Harry , and Miles
  • Sir William Porter escorted Lady Dorothy Haines-Curtis
  • Sir James Crawford
    • talked about Dandy Lion's fatal duel with Stuart Johnson of the Guards and how Dandy Lion had killed nine men in the past four or five years, including Adrian Long
  • Prince Mahouf asked Amanda to dance
  • Annabelle Endicott and her mother
  • Mrs. Chesley and her shy, wealthy niece
  • Lady Rates
  • Dowager Duchess of Banbury and Lord Gregory Hughes
• The Race
  • Rules Committee: Lord Purcell, Mr. Teasdale, and Sir James Crawford
  • Lucian on Caliph
  • Everett on white Streak
  • Richard on his bay mare, Flambeau
  • Jeremy on his chestnut mare, Molly
  • Harry on his black gelding, Boots
  • Miles on Pegasus
• White's Club
  • Miles gave Lord Westhaven a small sheaf of papers which included affidavits "signed" by Vaghan, Suffield, Hersh, Porter, Admiral Peterson, Lord Hughes, and Lord Westhaven
  • General Smythe-Carrington was also in attendance
• Amanda's Ball
  • held at Lucinda's great house on Portland Place
  • Lucian and Deirdre
  • Miles escorted Lisbeth Dowell
  • Harry escorted his cousin Lady Sophia Drayton
  • Jocelyn
  • Prince Mahouf asked Deirdre to dance
• The Rescuers
  • Prince Mahouf, Richard, Jeremy, Harry, Miles, Daniel, Marshall, and Homer

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