Principal Characters:

Cynster, Lord Michael Magnus – second son of Devil Cynster, Duke of St. Ives, and Honoria, née Anstruther-Wetherby

Hendon, Miss Cleome (Cleo) Annabelle – only daughter of Jack, Lord Hendon and Katherine (Kit), née Cranmer

At Wolverstone House, Grosvenor Square:

Varisey, Lord Drake, Marquess of Winchelsea – eldest son of Royce Varisey, Duke of Wolverstone, and Minerva, née Chesterton; heir to the dukedom of Wolverstone

Hamilton – the Wolverstones’ London butler

Finnegan – the marquess’s gentleman’s gentleman

Jeffreys – a footman

Various footmen and a maid

At St. Ives House, Grosvenor Square:

Crewe – the Cynsters’ butler

Simpkins, Tom – Lord Michael’s gentleman’s gentleman-cum-groom-cum-driver

Cynster, Lord Sebastian, Marquess of Earith – eldest son of Devil Cynster, Duke of St. Ives, and Honoria, née Anstruther-Wetherby; heir to the dukedom of St. Ives, now engaged to Lady Antonia Rawlings

Rawlings, Lady Antonia – eldest daughter of Gyles Rawlings, Earl of Chillingworth, and Francesca, née Rawlings; now engaged to Lord Sebastian Cynster, Marquess of Earith

Cynster, Lord Sylvester (Devil), Duke of St. Ives – Sebastian’s, Michael’s, and Louisa’s father

Cynster, Lady Honoria, Duchess of St. Ives – Sebastian’s, Michael’s, and Louisa’s mother; née Anstruther-Wetherby

Cynster, Lady Louisa – only daughter of Devil Cynster, Duke of St. Ives, and Honoria Anstruther-Wetherby; widely known as Lady Wild

Tully – a footman

At the Hendon town house, Clarges Street:

Morris – the Hendons’ butler

Jilly – Cleo’s maid

At the Hendon Shipping Company Office, corner Fenchurch and Lime Streets:

Fitch – head clerk

At the Cranmers’ town house, South Audley Street:

Cranmer, Geoffrey – Kit Hendon’s cousin, second cousin to Cleo

Cranmer, Maude – Geoffrey’s wife

Cranmer, Anthony – Geoffrey’s nephew, Cleo’s third cousin

Cranmer, Georgia – Geoffrey’s niece, Cleo’s third cousin

Herbert, Mrs. – a Cranmer connection

Winston, Mrs. – a Cranmer connection

Hepworth, Mr. – a businessman visiting from Philadelphia

Hepworth, Mrs. – Mr. Hepworth’s wife, also visiting from Philadelphia

Hepworth, Miss Andrea – Mr. Hepworth’s daughter, also visiting from Philadelphia

Hepworth, Mr. Robert – Mr. Hepworth’s son, also visiting from Philadelphia

Elsewhere in Mayfair:

Rawlings, Lord Gyles, Earl of Chillingworth – Antonia’s father

Rawlings, Lady Francesca, Countess of Chillingworth – Gyles’s wife and Antonia’s mother

The footman army – comprised of footmen and grooms from all the Cynster households in London

In the East End:

Carpenter, Joe – a registered gunpowder carter

Fields – a registered gunpowder carter

Landry, Mick – a registered gunpowder carter

Grimsby, Jack – a registered gunpowder carter

Carter, Martin – a registered gunpowder carter

Feeney, Walter – a registered gunpowder carter

Doolan, Terrance (Terry) – a registered gunpowder carter; disappeared, believed murdered

Dibney, Johnny – registered apprentice to Doolan; disappeared, believed murdered

Hendrick, Mrs. – Johnny Dibney’s landlady

Oldham, Mrs. – Oldham’s wife

Oldham, Mike – a registered gunpowder carter

Chilburn, the Honorable Mr. Lawton – youngest son of Viscount Hawesley

Three London Chartist militia leaders

Four London Chartist militiamen

Lovett – London Chartist leader absent from town

Hetherington – London Chartist leader absent from town

In Southwark:

Shepherd, Mr. – owner of a warehouse in Morgan’s Lane, Southwark

Ellis – head clerk at Shepherd’s warehouse

O’Toole – foreman at Shepherd’s warehouse; disappeared, believed murdered

O’Toole, Mrs. – O’Toole’s wife

In Whitehall:

Greville, Sir George – the Home Secretary

Waltham, Sir Harold – the Home Secretary’s principal private secretary

In Kent:

Boyne, William, Lord Ennis – of Pressingstoke Hall; deceased

Boyne, Connell – Lord Ennis’s brother; also deceased

In Northern England:

O’Connor, Mr. Feargus, MP – head of the Chartist movement and owner of the Leeds-based Northern Star newspaper

At a manor house in Berkshire:

An old gentleman – pulling the strings of the plot

Reed – the old gentleman’s manservant