Pasha

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

* indicates a fictitious character

* Thomas Kydd, captain of L’Aurore

* Nicholas Renzi,

his friend and confidential secretary, later Lord Farndon

L’AURORE, SHIP’S COMPANY

* Bowden, third lieutenant

* Brice, officer appointed into L’Aurore

* Calloway, master’s mate

* Clinch, midshipman

* Clinton, lieutenant of marines

* Curzon, second lieutenant

* Doud, seaman

* Gilbey, first lieutenant

* Goffin, ship’s clerk

* Kendall, sailing master

* Oakley, boatswain

* Owen, purser

* Peyton, surgeon

* Poulden, captain’s coxswain

* Redmond, gunner

* Saxton, master’s mate

* Stirk, gunner’s mate

* Tysoe, Kydd’s valet

* Willock, midshipman

OFFICERS, OTHER SHIPS

Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood

Vice Admiral Duckworth

Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis

Rear Admiral Sidney Smith

Captain Blackwood, Ajax

Captain Bolton, Fisgard

Captain Boyles, Windsor Castle

Captain Brisbane, Arethusa

Captain Lydiard, Anson

Captain Moubray, Active

* Lawson, lieutenant-in-command, Weazel

Dmitry Senyavin, Russian Navy admiral

Aleksey Ochakov, lieutenant of Tverdyi

OTHERS

Alexander Ball, governor of Malta

King George III

John Murray, publisher

* Congalton, Foreign Office

* Dillon, under-secretary, Eskdale Hall

* Emily, Kydd family’s maid

* Fortescue, confidential secretary

* Jago, under-steward, Eskdale Hall

* Cecilia Kydd

* Fanny Kydd

* Walter Kydd

* Marquess of Bloomsbury

* Hetty Panton, friend of Cecilia Kydd

* Perrott, Kydd school boatswain

CONSTANTINOPLE

Ahmed, secretary to Selim III

Arbuthnot, British ambassador

Crown Prince Mustafa

Haji Samatar, grand mufti of Constantinople

Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha, grand vizier

Isaac Bey, Ottoman envoy

Italinski, Russian ambassador

Kabakji Mustafa, Janissary official

Kaptan Pasha, port captain of Constantinople

Kose Musa, deputy grand vizier

Mahmut, chief of eunuchs of harem

Mehmed Ataullah Efendi, leader of Ulema

Memish Efendi, Selim supporter

Nezir Aga, eunuch of the harem

Pakize, favourite concubine of Selim

Sebastiani, French ambassador

Selim III, sultan Shakir Efendi, Selim supporter

* Doruk Zorlu, British ambassador’s aide

* Dunn, merchant

* Mustafa Tayyar Efendi, foreign ministry official