The Sixth Lamentation

Principal Characters

This novel deals with three generations: those living in Paris during the Occupation, their children, and their offspring: old age, middle age and youth. Each is a bearer of memory, actual or transmitted. It is hoped the following table will furnish some assistance in holding in mind a number of characters and their place in the narrative.

The family of Agnes Embleton (née Aubret)

Freddie (father of Lucy)

Lucy

Characters mentioned in Agnes’ journal recounting the resistance activity of The Round Table:

Father Rochet (parish priest, co-founder of The Round Table with Madame Klein)

Madam Klein (a Jewish widow, guardian of Agnes)

Jacques Fougères (operational leader of The Round Table)

Victor Brionne (childhood friend of Agnes and Jacques)

Franz Snyman (a Jewish refugee)

Eduard Schwermann (a Nazi Officer)

Monks at Notre Dame des Moineaux:

Father Morel (the Prior)

Father Pleyon (a member of The Round Table; successor to Father Morel)

Father Chambray (librarian who leaves the monastery after the war)

The family of Victor Brionne:

Robert

Other characters:

Father Anslem (a monk of Larkwood Priory)

Salomon Lachaise (a Jewish survivor, saved by The Round Table)

Max Schwermann (grandson of Eduard Schwermann)

Pascal Fougères (descendant of Jacques Fougères)