Tubby | Archer | Daniel's friend. |
Daniel | Bookham | Hugh's cousin. |
Minnie | Buttles | The vicar's daughter. |
King | Canute | The town's king. |
Mr. | Caraway | Joshua's book publisher. |
Joy | Charter | Craigmore's fiancé. |
Miss | Clauvert | A French teacher. |
Arthur | Day | A German soldier. |
Mr. | Devere | The local butcher. |
Miss | Devon | An English, sewing, and history teacher. |
Mr. | Dimbly | A gymnast teacher. |
Mr. | Dobbins | A mathematics' teacher. |
Queen | Elizabeth | The Queen of England. |
Alice | Finch | Minnie's friend. |
Celeste | Fontaine | The Belgian princess. |
Mr. | Fontaine | Celeste's father. |
Bettina | Fothergill | The Town's mayor. |
Frederick | Fothergill | The Rye's mayor. |
Major | Frank | The director in charge in the hospital. |
Algernon | Frith | Mr. Tillingham's friend. A writer. |
Amberleigh | Frith | Mr. Tillingham's wife. Aka: A.A. De Witte. |
Hugh | Grange | Protagonist. |
Jack | Heathly | The son of a local shepherd. |
Samuel | Heathly | Jack's brother. |
Old | Jones | A landlord. |
Agantha | Kent | Hugh and Daniel's aunt. The Rye Leader. |
John | Kent | Agatha's husband. A senior official in foreign office. |
Dr. | Lawton | Hugh's companion. |
Bill | Longshanks | A poet from Pimlico. |
Lord | Marbely | Lady's Marbely's wife. Beatrice's aunt. |
Beatrice | Nash | A schoolteacher. |
Joshua | Nash | Beatrice's father. |
Lady | North | The earl's wife. |
Lancelot Chalfont | North | Only son of Earl North. Daniel's friend. Aka: Viscount Craigmore. |
Lord | North | The earl. Craigmore's father. |
Ernie | Phillips | A German soldier. |
Arnold | Pike | Arty Pike's uncle. |
Arty | Pike | The Town's ironmongers. |
Cedric | Pike | Arnold's older brother. |
Charles | Poot | Mrs. Fothergill's nephew. |
Mr. | Puddlecombe | Hugh and Daniel's Latin teacher. |
Walter | Raleigh | An English statesman. |
Alex | Ramsey | One of the England's leading surgeons. Hugh's boss. |
Lucy | Ramsey | Alex's daughter. |
Mrs. | Rogers | A French Chef. |
Mr. | Samuel | A wine seller. |
Mr. | Satchell | The ship owner. |
Mrs. | Saunders | A housecleaner. |
Richard | Sidley | A bicycle repair shop owner. Snout's father. |
Richmund Edmund | Sidley | One of Beatrice's students. Aka: Snout, Dickie. |
Mrs. | Smith | The chauffeur's wife. |
Maria | Stokes | A doctor. |
Mr. | Tillingham | An American author. |
Mrs. | Turber | Beatrice's landlady. |
Henry | VIII | The King of England. |
Colonel | Wheaton | Lady Emily's husband. Eleanor and Barry's father. |
Eleanor | Wheaton | Col. Wheaton's wife. |
Emily | Wheaton | Harry and Eleanor's mother. Aka: Lady Emily. |
Harry | Wheaton | Eleanor's brother. A colonel. |
Abigail | | Mrs. Turber's housemaid. |
Archie | | Hugh's colleague. |
Bill | | Hugh's driver. |
Bowen | | A farmer. |
Carruthers | | One of Alex Ramsey's assistants. |
Coleridge | | An English poet. |
Cook | | Agatha's servant. |
Craigmore | | Lord North's son. A viscount. |
Gerta | | Eleanor's nanny. |
Headmaster | | The school principal. |
Jenny | | Agatha's maid. |
Johnny | | A painter. |
Liesl | | Eleanor's maid. |
Michael | | One of Alex Ramsey's assistants. |
Otto | | Eleanor's husband. |
Smith | | Agatha's chauffeur. |
Wolfie | | Snout's dog. |