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. Lady Sophia Drayton

• married to an elderly Sir Edgar Drayton when she was 17 years old
• had 31 marriage offers since she became a widow, including Sir Amory Hartwell
• Lord Stephen Whitthurst, 24 years old: Sophia's half brother, had the same father
  • was gambling and drunk one night when befriended by Craig-Bell
  • blackmailed into joining the Cobras, Camille purchased his commission, lost his right arm at Waterloo
• Major Marcus Clay: Sophia and Stephen's cousin, lives in Surrey
  • Benjamin Clay: Marcus' father; Duke of Vaille served as his executor
  • Esther: Marcus' wife, they have two children: Douglas and a baby
• Sir Harry Redmond: Sophia and Stephen's cousin
• Sir Amory Hartwell: wanted to marry Sophia, stole almost all of Camille's treasure

II. Camille Damon, Marquis of Damon

• son of the Duke of Vaille and his second wife, had an affair with Mademoiselle Gabrielle
• member of Cobra, code name: Scorpion; joined Cobra to save Stephen's life
• Stephen's half-uncle, Camille's older half-sister was Stephen's mother
• Philip Branden, Duke of Vaille: Camille's father
  • first wife: a widow, ten years older than him; her daughter was Stephen's mother
    • first wife's daughter's husband remarried and had Sophia
  • Comtesse de la Montaigne
    • was rescued by Philip, Duke of Vaille along with her small daughter, Ninon
    • four years later, when his first wife died, he married the daughter, Ninon
  • Ninon: second wife, Camille's mother
    • when Camille was nine years old, Ninon ran away and died in a chaise accident
    • Camille lived with his grandmother, the Comtesse, in Belgium and France for 17 years
• Charlotte Hilby: in love with Philip, Duke of Vaille
• Roland Branden: Philip's younger brother, killed at Talavera
  • Lady Fanny "Feather" Brandon: Roland's wife and Damon's aunt
• Edward "Ted," Earl of Ridgley: Philip, Duke of Vaille's cousin, had also been in love with Ninon
• Genevieve de la Montaigne: Damon's cousin, fell in love with Stephen
• Trask: Damon's head groom, "worked" for Lord Phineas Bodwin, actually a Bow Street Runner
• Sir Horace Drake: Camille's business manager

III. Spa Investors Meeting

• Mr. Harold James
• Sir Philip Witon,
• Mr. Ben Blanchard
• Lord Jeremy Bolster (injured at Badajoz)
• Sir Harry Redmond
• Damon
• Sophia

IV. Tried to kill Damon

• Bodwin
• Murray
• Hartwell
• Doak
• Trask

V. Others Mentioned

• Rondell: was shot while standing next to Camille who was out with Hartwell and Redmond
• Mrs. Bridgley-West: Lord Phineas Bodwin's sister
• Irvin Ford: Lord Phineas Bodwin nephew, Bodwin killed him
• Lucian St. Clair and his father, Geoffrey, the Earl of Harland
• Deirdre Breckenridge and Brenda Smythe-Carrington: considered Camille her latest "true love"
• Vaughan, Yolande Drummond, Lucinda Carden, and Anne Hersh: known to spread gossip

VI. Other Members of Cobra

• Lord Sumner Craig-Bell: owned Green Willow Castle in Essex, leader of Cobras
  • escaped when his home burned down, shot by Hartwell when he planned to kill Sophia
  • three Cobra members escaped during the fire
  • Prendergast: Craig-Bell's lifelong friend and counsel
  • his infamous lieutenants: two sentenced and prisoned, one died of natural cause, one shot by farmer, thinking he caused his daughters suicide, two fled the country
• Lord Phineas Bodwin: second in command of Cobras; killed Irvin and caused Ninon's death
  • Camille's neighbor, home is ostentatious, acts as a dandy, wanted to marry Sophia
  • tried to kill Philip, Duke of Vaille, but was shot by Camille
• Sir John Stover
• Bartholomew Mullins
• Hilary Flanders: worked in the Foreign Office, shot himself when Cobra ruined him
  • became foxed and participated with the Cobras and joined them

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