| Lady | Agnes | William Douglas's wife. |
| William | Allen | Leader of the exiled English Catholics. |
| Father | Alonso | A priest. |
| Queen | Anne | King James VI's wife. |
| Anthony | Babington | Rolloy's ally. |
| Captain | Bacon | The ship captain. |
| Jonas | Bacon | The captain of Dan Cobley's boat. |
| Neil | Baynsford | Lady Elizabeth's governess. |
| Aphrodite | Beaulieu | Count Beaulieu's daughter. |
| Georges | Biron | Pierre's chief spy. The lord of Montagny. |
| William | Borough | Drake's deputy. A famous navigator. |
| Earl | Bothwell | The man who killed Lord Darnley. |
| Peg | Bradford | A laundress. |
| Lord | Brecknock | Sussanah's husband. |
| Sussanah | Brecknock | Earl Swithin's cousin. Countess of Brecknock. |
| Sal | Brendon | Swithin's housekeeper. |
| Mave | Brown | Swithin's cook. |
| Jack | Builder | Tom's stepson. |
| Tom | Builder | The mason. |
| John | Calvin | The pastor and leader of protestants in Geneva. |
| Osmund | Carter | The watchmen leader. |
| Giovanni | Castelli | The current Pope. |
| William | Cecil | The estate manager of Princess Elizabeth. |
| Seb | Chandler | Tilbury's colleague. |
| King | Charles IX | Catarina and King Henri II's son. |
| Adam | Cobley | Dan's grandfather. |
| Daniel | Cobley | Philbert's son. |
| Deborah | Cobley | Dan's grandmother. |
| Philbert | Cobley | The ship owner. |
| Ruth | Cobley | Ned's sister. |
| Bill | Coory | Barney's master gunner. |
| Elijah | Cordwainer | The current Mayor. |
| George | Cox | The grave digger. |
| Carlos | Cruz | Edmund's cousin. |
| Jose Alano | Cruz | Betsy's husband. Aka: Youssef Al-khalil. |
| Ebrima | Dabo | Carlos's African slave. |
| Lord | Darnley | Mary's lover. |
| William | Davison | The secretary of the state. |
| Antoine | De Bourbon | The King of Navarre. The enemy of the De Guise family. |
| Gaspard | De Coligny | The admiral of France. The protestant leader. |
| Alain | De Guise | Charles's nephew. |
| Charles | De Guise | The Cardinal of Lorraine. Francois's brother. |
| Francois | De Guise | The Duke of Guise. Leader of the French Forces. |
| Henri | De Guise | Scarface's son. |
| Marie | De Guise | Mary Stuart's mother. |
| Pierre Aumande | De Guise | A student at Sorbonne University. The illegitimate son of one of the De Guise. |
| Veronique | De Guise | One of Mary Stuart's distant cousins. |
| Alvaro | De la Quadra | The Spanish ambassador. |
| Marquis | De Lagny | The Protestant aristocrat. |
| Charles | De Louviers | The Assassin. |
| Caterina | De Medici | The Queen of France. Prince Francis's mother. |
| Bernardino | De Mendoza | Spain's ambassador. |
| Louise | De Nimes | The Marchioness of Nimes. |
| Jean | De Poltrot | The man who killed Duke Scarface. |
| Juan Martinez | De Recalde | Sidonia's vice admiral. |
| Susan | De Vere | Philip's wife. William Cecil's granddaughter. |
| Anna | D'Este | The Duchess. |
| Anna | D'Este | Henri De Guise's mother. |
| Evi | Dirks | Albert's widowed sister. Ebrima's wife. |
| Francis | D'O | The financial superintendent. |
| William | Douglas | The owner of Loch Leven. |
| Francis | Drake | The vice admiral. |
| Francoise | Duboeuf | Rene's wife. |
| Rene | Duboeuf | The tailor. |
| Robert | Dudley | The Earl of Leicester. |
| Guy | Fawkes | Philip's friend. Rollo's apprentice. Aka: John Johnson. |
| King | Felipe | The King of Spain. Queen Mary's husband. |
| Janet | Fife | The Willard's housekeeper. |
| Malcolm | Fife | Janet's husband. The Willard's groom. |
| Gerald | Fitzgerald | Ralph and Merthin's father. |
| Jane | Fitzgerald | Margery's mother. |
| Margery | Fitzgerald | Ned's lover. Ned's childhood friend. |
| Merthin | Fitzgerald | Caris's lover. The bridge-builder. |
| Ralph | Fitzgerald | Merthin Fitzgerald. The former Earl of Shiring. |
| Reginald | Fitzgerald | Margery's father. The town's current mayor. |
| Rollo | Fitzgerald | Margery's brother. Aka: Jean Langlais. |
| Thomas | Fleming | Captain of the golden hind. |
| Guillame | Forneron | Valerie's father. The cambric-maker. |
| Prince | Francis | Mary Stuart's fiancé. |
| Gilbert | Gifford | The highly dangerous agent of the enemies of Queen Elizabeth. |
| Donal | Gloster | Philbery's clerk. |
| Ironhand | Gomez | The boat captain. |
| Thomas | Gorges | The emissary from Queen Elizabeth. |
| Jonathan | Greenland | Barney's first mate. |
| Richard | Grimes | The Kingsbridge builder. |
| Jacques | Groslot | The owner of Chateau Groslot. |
| Granny | Harborough | The oldest resident in Shiring. |
| John | Hawkins | Queen Elizabeth's naval commanders. |
| Nicholas | Heath | The most powerful man in England. |
| King | Henri II | Caterina's husband. The King of France. |
| King | Henry VIII | The town's current king. Queen Mary's father. |
| Philip | Herbert | The bridegroom. Earl of Pembroke's son. |
| Alistair | Hoey | George's companion. |
| Bernard | Housse | A young courtier. |
| Charles | Howard | Thomas's admiral. |
| Lord | Howard | Queen Elizabeth's naval commanders. |
| King | James V | The king of Scotland. Marie De Guise's husband. |
| King | James VI | Mary Stuart's son. King of Scotland. |
| Father | Jeremiah | The parson of St. John. |
| Sister | Joan | Margery and Rollo's great-aunt. |
| Nora | Joseph | Margery's youngest maid. One of Bart's mistresses. |
| Bishop | Julius | The bishop of Kingsbridge. |
| Colly | Knight | One of Swithin's long-time workers. |
| Mother | Ladoix | The mother superior. |
| Mr. | Lariviere | Pierrre's acquaintance. |
| Jean | Le Charron | The wealthy printer book-seller. |
| Gaston | Le Pin | Head security of the De Guise family. |
| John | Leslie | A Scottish priest. |
| Canon Stephen | Lincoln | Bishop Julius's sidekick. A priest. |
| Cardinal | Louis | Scarface's brother. |
| Puss | Lovejoy | A seller. |
| Captain | Luze | The Huguenot leader. |
| Mary | Magdalene | The patron saint of prostitutes. |
| Eileen | Malcolm | Jane and lame's daughter. |
| Lady | Margaret | William Douglas's mother. |
| Princess | Margot | Henri De Guise's fiancé. The Queen of Navarre. |
| Georges | Mariac | Sylvie's admirer. |
| Luc | Mariac | Georges' father. The cargo-broker. |
| Clement | Marot | The poet. |
| Mauricio | Martinez | Bella's acquaintance. |
| Claude | Matthieu | The rector of the professed Jesuits. |
| Alison | McKay | Mary Stuart's best friend. The lady-in-waiting to Mary of Scots. |
| Davy | Miller | Reginald's business representative. |
| Father | Moineau | Pierre's tutor. |
| Father | Monk | A former Monk at Kingsbridge Priory. |
| Lord | Monteagle | Robert's acquaintance. |
| Pastor | Morel | A catholic priest. |
| Claude | Nau | Mary's long-time secretary. |
| Erasmus | of Rotterdam | The progenitor of Protestantism. |
| Charlotte | Of Sauves | Duke Henri's current mistress. |
| Giles | Palot | Sylvie's father. The printer. |
| Isabelle | Palot | Sylvie's mother. |
| Sylvie | Palot | The girl that Pierre met. |
| Dr. | Pare | The King's doctor. |
| Tom | Parry | Lady Elizabeth's treasurer. |
| Prior | Paul | The last prior of Kingsbridge. |
| Amias | Paulet | Alison's jailer. |
| Thomas | Percy | Rollo's co-conspirator. |
| Paul | Petit | The clerk. |
| Prior | Philip | The monk who had commissioned the cathedral 40 years ago. |
| Cardinal | Pole | The archbishop of Canterbury. |
| Mrs. | Pollard | A protestant. |
| Leonard | Price | William Allen's associate. |
| Luke | Richards | The Willard family friend. The dean of Kingsbridge. |
| Roberto | Ridolfi | The Pope's agent in England. |
| Canon | Robinson | Cardinal Pole's clerk. |
| Claude | Ronsard | The deputy receiver of customs. |
| Mal | Roper | The catholic fisherman. |
| Peg | Roper | Mal's wife. |
| Jeronima | Ruiz | The girl that Barney adored. |
| Pedro | Ruiz | Jeronima's father. |
| Sancho | Sanchez | The council of the Seville metal guild. |
| Michel | Servet | The catholic man that the protestant burned to death. |
| Thomas | Seymour | The man who schemed to marry Elizabeth. |
| Bart | Shiring | Margery's fiancé. The Viscount. |
| Medina | Sidonia | The admiral of Armada. |
| Ellen | Skinner | A coal merchant. |
| John | Somerfield | One of the Warwickshire Catholics. |
| James | Stuart | Mary Stuart's brother. Ned's boss. |
| Mary | Stuart | The Queen of Scots. |
| Earl | Swithin | Bart's father. The Earl of Shiring. |
| Francis | Throckmorton | Rollo's messenger. |
| Rodney | Tilbury | The town's judge. |
| Paul | Tinsley | The lawyer who was clerk for the peace of the town. |
| Pieter | Titelmans | The chief inquisitor. |
| Pablo | Trujilo | The new rum seller. |
| Elizabeth | Tudor | Mary's half-sister. Aka: Princess Elizabeth. |
| Mary | Tudor | The Queen of England. |
| Robin | Twyford | The man Sussanah likes. |
| Pius | V | The current Pope. |
| Ralph | Ventor | The gentleman of the court. |
| Edward | VI | Henry VIII's son. |
| Francisco | Villaverde | Valentina's father. |
| Valentina | Villaverde | The girl Caros adore. |
| Francis | Walsingham | The spymaster. The mediator at the conference. |
| Susan | White | One of Ned's former lovers. |
| Alice | Willard | Ned's mother. |
| Barnabas | Willard | Ned's brother. Aka: Barney. |
| Barnardo Alfonso | Willard | Bella and Barney's son. |
| Edmund | Willard | Ned's father. Deceased. |
| Ned | Willard | Protagonist. |
| Albert | Willemsen | The metal supplier. |
| Bertje | Willemsen | Albert's wife. |
| Drike | Willemsen | Albert's son. |
| Matthus | Willemsen | Evi's daughter. |
| Prince | William | The Prince of Orange. The leader of the
Dutch. |
| Daan | Wolman | Jan's son. |
| Frits | Wolman | Jan's son. |
| Hennie | Wolman | Jan's wife. |
| Hennie | Wolman | Jan's wife. |
| Imke | Wolman | Jan's daughter. |
| Jan | Wolman | Edmund's cousin. Ned's uncle. |
| Jef | Wolman | Jan's son. |
| Achmed | | Rodrigo's groom. |
| Acorn | | Barney's favorite horse. Deceased. |
| Albin | | Ned's cousin. |
| Albin | | Ned's cousin. |
| Anouk | | The barmaid. |
| Bartlet | | Margery's son. |
| Bauchene | | The widow. |
| Bella | | Alfonso's niece. Barney's lover. |
| Bertrand | | A gambler. |
| Betsy | | Barney's great-aunt. Aka: Elisa. |
| Blanche | | Ned's aunt. |
| Brocard | | Gaston's officer. |
| Caris | | The nun. |
| Cecilia | | Bartlet's wife. |
| Charles-Maximilien | | Caterina's 2nd son. Aka: King Charles IX. |
| Colli | | The captain of Duke Henri's nightwatch. |
| Cosseins | | King Charles's head of security. |
| Diane | | Henri's mistress. |
| Dick | | Ned's uncle. |
| Dot | | The young nurse. |
| Duarte | | A portuguese pilot. |
| Egmont | | The executioner. |
| Farah | | Jeronima's slave. |
| Feria | | The count of Feria. Ned's acquaintance. |
| Garcon | | Alison's pony. |
| Gomez | | Barney's captain. |
| Guillame | | The Traveler. The pastor. |
| Helga | | Barney's new wife. |
| Hercule-Francis | | Margot's brother. King Henri III's brother. |
| Huus | | The Canon of Antwerp cathedral. |
| Ignacio | | Don Alfonso's secretary. |
| Jack | | Margery and Ned's grandson. Roger's son. |
| Janice | | Alison's aunt. |
| Jean | | The leader of the French Protestant Army. |
| Louis | | Antoine's younger brother. The prince of Conde. |
| Maddy | | Ned's tortoise-shell cat. |
| Malheruex | | The King's horse. |
| Margherita | | The Duchess of Parma. The illegitimate half daughter of King Felipe. |
| Marianne | | The Countess of Beaulieu. Aphrodite's mother. |
| Mathus | | Ebrima's stepson. |
| Matthewson | | The sheriff. |
| Maximus | | Margery's dog. |
| Mick | | Margery's dog. |
| Montsery | | King Henri's bodyguard captain. |
| Naomi | | The elderly maid at Fitzgerald's. |
| Nath | | Pierre and Odette's maid. |
| Odette | | Veronique's maid. |
| Pearce | | The firewood supplier. |
| Peggy | | One of Margery's maids. |
| Radcliffe | | The corrupt captain. |
| Raphael | | The archdeacon. |
| Rasteau | | Gaston's officer. |
| Revol | | Duke Henri's secretary of state. |
| Rodrigo | | A portuguese jeweller. |
| Roger | | Margery and Ned's son. |
| Roley | | Earl Bartlet's 2nd son. |
| Romero | | An archdeacon. |
| Russet | | The horse that Margery ordered. |
| Samson | | Carlo's dog. |
| Silas | | One of Barney's crewmen. |
| Suffolk | | The earl of Suffolk |
| Swithin | | Earl Bartlet's 1st son. |
| Therese | | Ned's cousin. |
| Valerie | | The Forneron's daughter. Alfo's girlfriend. |
| Villenueve | | The Viscount. Fellow student of Pierre. |
