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Horatio Hornblower

This character is a post captain in the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars and commands H.M.S. Sutherland.

Maria Hornblower

This character is pregnant with her third child.

Lady Barbara Leighton

This charter is the aristocratic, younger sister of two militarily and politically successful brothers. She is married to another military man.

Rear Admiral Sir Percy Gilbert Leighton, Knight of the Bath

This character may have married for political reasons and is talked about because of this.

Brown

This character is the coxswain and is called upon to assemble a crew to raid a French coaster.

Colonel José Gonzales de Villena y Danvila

This character is a Spanish loyalist and commander of the apparently-destroyed Olivenza Hussars.

Longley

This character is a midshipman aboard the Sutherland. He starts off without any experience, but becomes a valuable crew member.

Captain Bolton

This character commands Caligula.

Luciano Gaetano Pino, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight

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