Lord Of The Privateers. Stephanie Laurens

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      Decker, Vice-Admiral Ralph – Commander, West Africa Squadron

      Winton, Major – Commissar of Fort Thornton

      Babington, Mr. Charles – partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company

      Macauley, Mr. – senior partner, Macauley & Babington Trading Company

      Ross-Courtney, Lord Peter – wealthy and influential visitor

      Neill, Mr. Frederick – well-born and wealthy associate of Ross-Courtney’s

      Undoto, Obo – local priest

      Muldoon, Mr. Silas – the Naval Attaché

      Winton, Mr. William – Assistant Commissar at Fort Thornton

      Hardwicke, Reverend – minister of Church of England

      Hardwicke, Mrs. – minister’s wife

      Sherbrook, Mrs. – lady-employer of Katherine Fortescue

      Dave – Cockney coachman

      In the Mining Compound:

      Mercenaries:

      Dubois – leader of the mercenaries, presumed French

      Arsene – Dubois’s lieutenant, second-in-command, presumed French

      Cripps – Dubois’s second lieutenant, English

      Plus twenty-eight other mercenaries – of various ages and extractions

      Captives:

      Frobisher, Captain Caleb – youngest Frobisher brother and captain of The Prince

      Fortescue, Miss Kate (Katherine) – ex-governess of the Sherbrooks and Caleb’s intended

      Quilley – quartermaster of The Prince

      Foster, Martin, Ellis, Quick, Mallard, Collins, Biggs, Norton, and Olsen – experienced seamen from The Prince

      Lascelle, Captain Phillipe – longtime friend of Caleb’s, privateer captain of The Raven

      Ducasse – quartermaster of The Raven

      Fullard, Collmer, Gerard, and Vineron – experienced seamen from The Raven

      Dixon, Captain John – army engineer

      Hopkins, Lieutenant William – navy, West Africa Squadron

      Fanshawe, Lieutenant – navy, West Africa Squadron

      Hillsythe, Mr. – ex-Wolverstone agent, governor’s aide

      Frazier, Miss Harriet – gently bred young woman, Dixon’s sweetheart

      Wilson, Miss Mary – shop owner/assistant, Babington’s sweetheart

      McKenzie, Miss Ellen – young woman recently arrived in the settlement

      Halliday, Miss Gemma – young woman from the slums

      Mellows, Miss Annie – young woman from the slums

      Mathers, Jed – carpenter

      Watson, Wattie – navvy

      Plus eighteen other men – all British of various backgrounds and trades

      Diccon – young boy, eight years old

      Amy – young girl, six years old

      Gerry – boy, eleven years old

      Tilly – girl, fourteen years old

      Simon Finn – boy, twelve years old

      Plus sixteen other children – all British, ranging from six to ten years old

      Plus three other boys – all British, ranging from eleven to fourteen years old

      On board The Trident:

      Latimer, Mr. Jordan – first mate

      Hurley, Mr. – master

      Wilcox – bosun

      Miller – quartermaster

      Foxby, Mr. – steward

      Various other sailors

      On board The Cormorant:

      Caldwell, Mr. Joshua – first mate

      Johnson, Mr. – master

      Grimsby – bosun

      Elliot – quartermaster

      Henry, Mr. – steward

      Various other sailors

      On board The Prince:

      Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant Frederick – first mate

      Wallace, Mr. – master

      Carter – bosun

      Hornby, Mr. – steward, carries information to London and returns on The Corsair

      Various other sailors

      On board The Raven:

      Reynaud – bosun, on ship, but returns to the jungle compound

      Plus four other seamen – on ship, but return to the jungle compound

      Various other sailors

       PROLOGUE

      Aberdeen

      August 9, 1824

      Royd Frobisher stood behind the desk in his office overlooking Aberdeen harbor and reread the summons he’d just received.

      Was it his imagination, or was Wolverstone anxious?

      Royd had received many such summonses over the years Wolverstone had served as England’s spymaster; the wording of today’s missive revealed an underlying uneasiness on the part of the normally imperturbable ex-spymaster.

      Either uneasiness or impatience, and the latter was not one of Wolverstone’s failings.

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