Pirate

Characters

William the Marshal—Earl of Pembroke, served King John.

Robert de Braose—King John’s knight-turned-traitor.

Hugh Fitz Hubert—William the Marshal’s trusted knight.

John de Lacy—King John’s guard.

King John—King of England.

Grace Herbert—distant relative to Sir Edward Herbert.

Sir Edmund Herbert—(fictional) illegitimate son of Edmund Mortimer, Second Lord Mortimer.

Hugh le Despenser—rumored lover of Kind Edward II, adversary of Roger Mortimer.

Captain Bridgeman—an alias for the pirate Henry Every, connected through family lineage to Hugh le Despenser.

Henry McGregor—Grace Herbert’s cousin, inherited Nottingham estate.

Gerald Pickering—San Francisco bookseller, uncle to Bree Marshall.

Mr. Wickham—Mr. Pickering’s cat.

Bree Marshall—Remi Fargo’s employee in charge of fund-raising.

Larayne Pickering-Smith—Bree’s cousin, daughter of Gerald Pickering.

Robber—later identified as Jakob “Jak” Stanislav.

Sam Fargo

Remi (Longstreet) Fargo

Zoltán—Remi’s Hungarian-born German shepherd.

Selma Wondrash—the Fargos’ research assistant and go-to person.

Sandra—flight attendant on the Fargo jet.

Professor Lazlo Kemp—assists Selma with research, from Great Britain.

Pete Jeffcoat—Selma’s research assistant, Corden’s boyfriend.

Wendy Corden—Selma’s research assistant, Jeffcoat’s girlfriend.

Ruben “Rube” Hayward—case officer, CIA’s Directorate of Operations.

Nicholas Archer—owner of Archer Worldwide Security.

Charles Avery—corporate raider and maritime salvager.

Colin Fisk—head of Avery’s security team.

Martin Edwards—Avery’s CFO.

Alexandra Avery—Avery’s wife.

Kipp Rogers—Alexandra Avery’s private investigator.

Winton Page—Charles Avery’s attorney.

Jak Stanislav—one of Fisk’s henchmen.

Marlowe—Fisk henchman.

Ivan—Fisk henchman.

Victor—Fisk’s new henchman.

Rogen—Fisk’s new henchman.

Professor Ian Hopkins—Arizona, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature.

Meryl Walsh, “Miss Walsh”—curator, British Museum.

Madge Crowley—librarian, King’s Lynn.

Nigel Ridgewell—King’s Lynn tour guide, former professor/expert in Old English.

Professor Cedric Aldridge—Nottingham University History Department.

Percival “Percy” Wendorf—retired professor, Nottingham University.

Agatha Wendorf—Wendorf’s wife.

Mr. Bryant—on-duty manager for Ritz-Carlton Hotel, San Francisco.

Chef Marcellino Verzino—owner of Marcellino Ristorante, Scottsdale.

Sima—Verzino’s wife.

Melia—waitress at restaurant, Jamaica.

Jay-Jay—owner of biker bar, Jamaica.

Kemar—car rental employee, Jamaica.

Antwan—biker at Jay-Jay’s bar.

Billy—biker at Jay-Jay’s bar.

António Alves—hired driver, university student, São Paolo, Brazil.

Henrique Salazar—António Alves’s uncle.

Captain Delgado—captain of the Golfinho.

Nuno—youngest crew member of the Golfinho.

Sergeant Fauth—detective, Robbery Detail, San Francisco PD.

Sergeant Trevino—Fauth’s partner, SFPD.

Deputy Wagner—Carteret County sheriff’s deputy.