Caribbee

Dramatis Personae

(* indicates fictitious character)

* Thomas Kydd, captain of L’Aurore

* Nicholas Renzi, his friend and confidential secretary

L’Aurore, ship’s company

*Gilbey, first lieutenant

*Curzon, second lieutenant

*Bowden, third lieutenant

*Clinton, lieutenant of marines

*Dodd, marine sergeant

*Oakley, boatswain

*Poulden, captain’s coxswain

*Redmond, gunner

*Stirk, gunner’s mate

*Kendall, sailing master

*Saxton, master’s mate

*Calloway, master’s mate

*Searle, midshipman

*Doud, seaman

*Wong, seaman

*Tysoe, Kydd’s valet

Officers, other ships

Admiral Cochrane, Leeward Islands Squadron

Admiral Dacres, Jamaica Squadron

Captain Brisbane, Arethusa

Captain Pym, Atlas

Captain Dunn, Acasta

Captain Lydiard, Anson

Captain Bolton, Fisgard

*Captain Tyrell, Hannibal

*Lieutenant Beale, Hannibal

*Lieutenant Buckle, Hannibal

*Lieutenant Briggs, Hannibal

*Lieutenant Griffith, Hannibal

*Lieutenant Hubbard, Hannibal

*Lieutenant Mason, Hannibal

*Midshipman Jowett, Hannibal

*Midshipman Joyce, Hannibal

*Maitland, master, Hannibal

Army

*Captain Hinckley

*Major Wyvill

Others

*Hayward, seaman

*Richard Laughton, Renzi’s brother

Francis Mackenzie, governor of Barbados

*Jonathan Miller, American businessman

*Daniel Thistlewood, plantation owner

*Louise Vernou, French royalist

*Wilikins, confidential secretary to Dacres

*Miss Amelia Wrexham, society belle

*Charles Wrexham, chairman of planters’ association