MEET the CHARACTERS
The Bastille Mysteries
The Eighth Prisoner
The Principal Characters
Rouget Maison – Inspector of the Paris Constabulary
Abbé Pierre Rene Reynard – Parish Priest of Saint-Merri church
Helene Gilbert – Abbé Reynard’s house-keeper
Christine & Robert Gilbert: Helene’s children
Royalty
Louis XVl & Marie-Antoinette – King & Queen of France
Louis Philippe, Duke D ‘Orleans, the King’s cousin
The Clergy
Louis Andre de Grimaldi, Count-Bishop of Noyon
Canon Augustine de Cilice
Canon Henri de St Dominic
The Paris Constabulary
Louis Thiroux De Crosne, Lieutenant- General of Police
Jean-Sylvan Bailly, astronomer and first Mayor of Paris and so De Crosne’s successor as Chief of Paris Police
Inspector Adam Fevrier – Inspector Rouget Maison’s colleague & rival
Inspector Jules Drabert - newly-promoted & politically radical
Sergeant Marcel Hanoisse of the Paris Constabulary
Constable Herbert Le Brock of the Paris Constabulary
The Politicians
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Count De Mirabeau – politician, writer, diplomat
Camille Desmoulins – Radical politician / journalist
George Danton –Leading Revolutionary and later First President of the Committee of Public Safety
Stanislaus Maillard, leading revolutionary and vanquier (stormer of the Bastille)
Jean-Sylvan Bailly, Marquis Lafayette. Soldier and veteran of the American War of independence
Count Mirabeau. Politician and representative at the National Assembly
Marc Lapont, vanqueur
Jean De Brut, vainqueur
Andre Giscard, vanqueur
Simon Vascart, vanqueur
The Bastille Gaolers
Jacques Michel, chief gaoler
George Buvais
Albert Lapin aka “the professor”
Others
Madame Mathilde Soubrier
Monsieur Philippe Soubrier – inheritor of Soubrier Estate & businessman
Frederick & Eloise Henry
The Year of The Oath
The Principal Characters
Rouget Maison – Commissaire for Crime of the Paris Constabulary
Canon Pierre Rene Reynard
Helene Gilbert – Canon Reynard’s housekeeper then housekeeper to Philippe Soubrier.
Christine & Robert Gilbert: Helene’s children
The Clergy
Louis Andre de Grimaldi, Count-Bishop of Noyon
Canon Augustine de Cilice
Canon Henri de St Dominic
Canon Claude Cousceau
Canon Rene Vincente
Abbot Paul Masone
Abbé Roulade
Abbé Rene Montrose
The Paris Constabulary
Inspector Adam Fevrier
Inspector Jules Drabert
Sergeant Marcel Hanoisse
Constable, later Sergeant, Claude Mandell
Constable Herbert Le Brock
Constable Pierre Petit
Sergeant Jean Richard
Constable Anton Schmidt
The Politicians
Georges Danton, lawyer and radical politician.
Camille Desmoulins, journalist and radical politician.
Duke D’Orleans, cousin to King Louis XVI
Jean-Sylvan Bailly, astronomer and first Mayor of Paris
Count Mirabeau, politician and representative at the National Assembly
The Assassins
Frederick & Eloise Henry
Others
Philippe Soubrier, Paris businessman, brother to the murdered Henri
Tetty Lavotte, housekeeper to the Soubrier household
Francois Chirac, jewel thief and master criminal
Gerard Marchant, friend to Jules Drabert
Amelia Marchant, sister to Gerard
Jean-Claude Renoir, opera singer
Claudette, sister to Jean-Claude
Death A La Carte
The Principal Characters
Inspector-General Rouget Maison of the Paris Constabulary
Canon Pierre Rene Reynard
Christine Gilbert
The Paris Constabulary
Inspector Adam Fevrier, deputy to Rouget Maison.
Inspector Jules Drabert, deputy to Rouget Maison.
Sergeant Claude Mandell
Constable Herbert Le Brock.
Constable Pierre Petit.
Constable Anton Schmidt.
The Doctors
Doctor Michel Dernes.
Doctor Louis Des Hanson.
The Politicians
Jean-Sylvan Bailly, astronomer and first Mayor of Paris
The Entrepreneurs/ Restaurateurs
Philippe Soubrier
Maurice Rives
Claude Temple-Rives
Leo, Claude’s right-hand man
Madame Marguerite Temple-Rives, mother to Claude
Alois Bruton
Ronald Saxone senior
Ronald Saxone junior, his son
Yvette Saxone, his daughter
Jean Laroche
Antoine Beauvilliers
The Scientists
Antoine Lavoisier
Joseph Gradinski
Henri Savant
Thomas Requalt
Dead Radical
The Principal Characters
Inspector-General Rouget Maison of the Paris Constabulary
Canon Pierre Rene Reynard
Christine Gilbert, Philippe Soubrier's right-hand woman
Royalty
King Louis XVI
Queen Marie Antoinette
Duc D'Orleans, the King's cousin
The Clergy
Bishop Charles Talleyrand, politician & excommunicated bishop
Bishop Louis Andre Grimaldi, bishop of Noyon
Canon Emmanuel Sieyes
The Politicians
Jean Sylvan Bailly, Mayor of Paris
Marquis Lafayette, candidate for Mayor
Jerome Petion, candidate for Mayor
Georges Danton, lawyer & radical politician
Maximillian Robespierre, radical politician
Jean Paul Marat, journalist & radical politician
Charles James Fox, British politician
Thomas Paine, British radical
The Entrepreneurs
Philippe Soubrier, wealthy businessman
Francis Lovell, Soubrier's right-hand man
Alois Bruton, wealthy & ruthless ally / rival of Soubrier
Jean Corbois, Bruton's right-hand man
Others
The True Patriot / "Mastermind", enemy of the Revolution
Eloise, assassin to the wealthy
Marc Guilladot, True Patriot's assistant
Henri Carlton, Christine's lover
Marie, Henri's friend
Blood Red, Royal Blue
Principal Characters
Rouget Maison, Inspector-General of Paris police.
Elaine Maison, Rouget’s wife.
Claudette Renoir, Rouget’s lover.
Pierre Reynard, canon for various Parisian Catholic parishes. A constitutional priest who has taken the oath, swearing loyalty to the French constitution.
Christine Gilbert, restaurant owner and supporter of the revolution. Former protégé of Canon Reynard and a very close friend of Rouget Maison.
The Police
Anton Fevrier, inspector of Paris police, deputy to Rouget Maison and opponent of the revolution.
Jules Drabert, inspector of Paris police and deputy to Rouget Maison. An ardent supporter of the revolution.
Oliver Mandell, police sergeant.
Herbert Le Brock, police constable with outstanding artistic skills.
Pierre Petit, police constable, scion of a large Catholic family.
Michel Dernes, doctor to the Paris police. 84 years old.
The Clergy
Miles Xavier, priest and assistant to Reynard. A constitutional priest.
Augustine De Celice, a ‘non-juring’ priest who has refused the oath.
Businessmen
Claude Temple-Rives, restaurant owner.
Leo Le Clerc, Claude’s right hand man.
Clement Houchard, a successful businessman with many high-level contacts and an interesting reputation.
Charles Titian, a businessman with a rather unfortunate reputation.
Politicians/ Revolutionaries
Georges Danton, initially Deputy Public Prosecutor for the Paris Commune. Later Minister of Justice and member of the Jacobin grouping at the National Convention.
Camille Desmoulins, journalist, later member of the Jacobin grouping at the National Convention. Close friend and ally of Georges Danton.
Fabre Eglantine, playwright and close friend and ally of Georges Danton.
Jean Paul Marat, journalist, extreme radical. Later Jacobin deputy at the National Convention.
Stanislaus Maillard, Radical representative of the Commune.
Jean Roland, Minister for the Interior and later Girondist deputy to the National Convention.
Manon Roland, wife to Jean, journalist and key supporter of the Girondist faction.
Marie Schandon, political refugee from Vienna with strong radical views.
Servants in the Ministry of the Interior
Bridgette Hollande, senior maid.
Sylvia Fountaine, senior maid.
Madeline Barras, senior maid.
Adam Cordell, butler.
Yvette Cordell, maid and Adam’s daughter.
Nicholas Carreras, senior butler.
Robbers of the Royal Jewels
Paul Miette, co-leader of the robbers.
Meyrand ‘Le Grand’, co-leader of the robbers.
Francesca Albertine, known as ‘Fran’ who plays a key role in the robberies.
And many, many others.