| | | | PART I |
| 1 | Edward | Ashburnham | Captain of the Fourteenth Hussars. Aka: Teddy. |
| | Leonora | Ashburnham | Edward's wife. |
| | Florence | Dowell | One of Edward's mistresses. Aka: Florry. |
| | William | Penn | English real estate entrepreneur and philosopher. |
| 2 | Emily | Hurlbird | Florence's aunt. |
| | John | Hurlbird | Florence's uncle. |
| | Jimmy | | Florence's former lover. |
| 3 | Monsieur | Schontz | Hotel proprietor. |
| | Baron Idigon | von Lelöffel | German Captain. |
| 4 | Edward VII | | Former King of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India. |
| | Henry VIII | | King of England from 1509 until 1547. |
| | Martin | Luther | German professor of theology, seminal figure in Protestant Reformation. |
| | Martin | Bucer | German Protestant reformer. |
| | Huldrych | Zwingli | Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland. |
| | Maisie | Maidan | One of Edward's mistresses. |
| | Colonel | Hervey | Edward's superior officer. |
| | Charles I | | Monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. |
| | Bunny | | Maisie's husband. |
| | | | PART II |
| 1 | Florence | Hurlbird, Sr. | Florence's aunt. |
| | General | Braddock | Army general from Great Britain. |
| | Julius | | John Dowell's servant. |
| | Reggie | Hurlbird | Florence's cousin. |
| | Nancy | Rufford | Leonora's only friend's child. |
| 2 | Mr | Bagshawe | One of the hotels guests. |
| | | | PART III |
| 1 | Jean | Hurlbird | Florence's late cousin. |
| | Mrs | Basil | One of Edward's mistresses. |
| 2 | Mrs | Rufford | Leonora's dearest friend. |
| | Dr | Hauptmann | Edward's doctor. |
| 3 | Col | Powys | Leonora's father. |
| | Col Harry | Ashburnham | Edward's father. |
| | Mrs | Ashburnham | Edward's mother. |
| | Mrs | Powys | Leonora's mother. |
| | | Mumford | One of the Ashburnhams' tenants. |
| | Annie | | One of Edward's mistresses. |
| 4 | Carter | | John Dowell's second-nephew. |
| | Mary | | Carter's fiancé. |
| | La Dolciquita | | Spanish dancer. One of Edward's mistresses. |
| | Mrs | Whelan | One of the hotels guests. |
| | Major | Basil | Edward's superior officer. |
| | Genghis | Khan | Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. |
| | | | PART IV |
| 1 | Rodney | Bayham | Leonora's lover. |
| 2 | Selmes | | The boy whom Edward gave the horse to. |
| | Colonel | Rufford | Nancy's father. |
| | Mrs | Rufford | Nancy's mother. |
| 3 | Mrs | Brand | One of the couples who's having a divorce. |
| | Mr | Brand | One of the couples who's having a divorce. |
| | Miss | Lupton | Mr. Brand's mistress. |
| 4 | John | Dowell | Florence's husband. |
| | Mrs | Luton | Nancy's chaperon. |
