Lauren | Adler | Elodie's mother. |
Lauren | Bacall | A 1940s journalist. |
Diana | Barker | One of Edward's models. |
Angelica | Barry | One of Ada's fellow ramblers. |
Anthony | Baxter | Leonard's old school friend. |
Joseph | Bazalgette | The inventor of the Sewer System. |
Birdie | Bell | The clockmaker's daughter. Protagonist. Aka: Lily Millington. |
Peter | Bell | Birdie's father. |
Adele | Bernard | Felix's wife. |
Felix | Bernard | Adele's husband. One of Edward's painting colleagues. |
Mrs. | Berry | Elodie's landlady. |
Fanny | Brown | Edward's fiancé. Aka: Frances. |
Richard | Brown | A steel company owner. Fanny's father. |
Miss | Byatt | The school drama teacher at Miss Radcliffe's school. |
Julia Margaret | Cameron | A photographer. Ada's roommate. |
Judith | Davies | Elodie's doctor. |
Robert | Fitzroy | The inventor of the barometer. |
Leonard | Gilbert | The man who became obsessed with Radcliffe's story. |
Mrs. | Hammett | The publican's wife. |
Professor | Harris | Leonard's teacher. |
John | Haverstock | An art dealer. James's acquaintance. |
May | Hawkins | Ada's tormentor. |
Thurston | Holmes | Edward's fellow artist. |
Rachel | Lamb | Mrs. Hammett's daughter-in-law. |
Ada | Lovegrove | Student in Miss Radcliffe's school. Rosalind's great-aunt.. |
Mrs. | Mack | Birdie's adopted mother. |
Mildred | Manning | One of Birchwood Manor's visitors. |
Mr. | Matthews | Edward's lawyer. |
Richard | Middleton | A coffin maker. |
Valerie | Miller | One of Ada's schoolmates. |
Nicholas | Owen | The man who designed the Birchwood Manor. |
Mr. | Pendleton | Elodie's boss. |
Miss | Perry | Pippa and Elodie's teacher. |
Bettina | Radcliffe | Edward's mother. |
Clare | Radcliffe | Edward's sister. |
Edward Julius | Radcliffe | An artist. |
Lucy | Radcliffe | Edward's sister. |
Charlotte | Rogers | Ada's tormentor. |
Jack | Rolands | The man that Rosalind hired to find the Radcliffe's diamond. |
Mr. | Rufus | Juliet's hound. |
John | Ruskin | An art dealer. |
William | Simms | A satchel manufacturer. |
Mrs. | Smith | Elodie's neighbor. |
Emma | Stearnes | Edward's maid. |
James | Stratton | A gifted writer and banker. Edward's colleague. Aka: Pale Joe. |
Lesley | Stratton-Wood | The great-niece of James Stratton. |
Meredith | Sykes | One of Ada's fellow ramblers. |
Mr. | Tallisker | Juliet's boss. |
Lady | Turner | A friend of Ada's parents. |
Mina | Waters | A spiritualist. |
Roger | Westonbury | A volunteer at Birchwood Manor. |
Rosalind | Wheeler | Jack's boss. |
Elodie | Winslow | An archivist. |
Winston | Winslow | Elodie's father. |
Charles | Wood | A lieutenant. |
Alan | Wright | Tip's father. |
Beatrice | Wright | Tip's sister. |
Juliet | Wright | Tip's mother. |
Tip | Wright | Elodie's great-uncle. Birdie's friend. |
Alastair | | Elodie's fiancé. |
Ben | | Jack's brother. |
Bernstein | | Berry's husband. Aka: Tomas. |
Bili | | Ada's little cat. |
Captain | | Mrs. Mack's brother. |
Caroline | | Pippa's art mentor. |
Danny | | Fiancé of Birdie's mother. |
Freddy | | Juliet's son. Aka: Red. |
Grendel | | Mrs. Mack's boat. |
Hamish | | Edward's cousin. |
Jane | | Lucy's maid. |
Jeremiah | | Friend of Birdie's father. |
Jeremy | | Alan's best friend. |
June | | Leonard's sister. |
Kitty | | Leonard's lover. |
Margot | | Elodie's workmate. |
Martin | | Mrs. Mack's son. |
Molly | | James's servant and mistress. |
Penelope | | Alastair's mother. |
Pippa | | Elodie's best friend. |
Rose | | Leonard's parlour maid. |
Sarah | | Jack's husband. |
Sarah(2) | | Lover of Birdie's father. |
Shashi | | Ada's aaya. |
Thornfield | | The deputy headmistress in Birchwood Manor. |
Tom | | Leonard's brother. |
Wesley | | The police inspector. |