Character List from The Enemy's Sister
- Dienece Darling
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
I had a beta reader and an ARC reader ask for a character list for The Enemy's Sister. While I choose not to put one in the book, I have created one for Part 1 of The Enemy's Sister here. I have also put notes next to real people from history.
Also, for your convenience, I've added the map of Cedarfontein from the 1790s.
The main couple from The Enemy's Sister
John Beauchamp - went to school in Holland as a young boy with his cousin, Tom. Studied law in Germany before joining the Duke of York's regiment and fighting in the failed Flanders campaign. He is now a lieutenant in the 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (the Ross-shire Buffs) on his way to Cape Town with a letter from the Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands to work with the Dutch.
Anneke Terblanche - twin sister of Johannes, daughter of the man who had the first farm at Knysna. Lives at what will be House #3 Jakaranda Laan in the future with her brother (whenever he is around), her dear friend Fatima, and sometimes her great uncle, Herbert Marx, whom they call Oom.
Lives at House #3
Anneke Terblanche
Johannes - Anneke's twin brother, frequently gone hunting, a real man from history but he didn't actually have a twin
Oom - Anneke's great uncle, Herbert Marx, stays with Anneke when Johannes is gone
Fatima - Anneke's dear friend, a freedwoman who is now a widow but was once married to her master
John's family back in England
Clarence Beauchamp - barrister in London, hero of Hearts Unknown by Dienece Darling
Edith Beauchamp - John's mother, heroine of Hearts Unknown by Dienece Darling
Celeste Beauchamp - older sister
Anne Beauchamp - younger sister, has Down Syndrome
Obadiah Howard - cousin from his mother's side and the hero of A Heart to Treasure by Dienece Darling
Eliza Howard - Obadiah's wife, heroine of A Heart to Treasure by Dienece Darling
Thomas Beauchamp - Cousin Tom who arranged for John to join the 78th Highland Regiment and served with John in the Duke of York's regiment
Baron Liffey - John's uncle who sent him to Holland as a lad and to Germany to study law
Anneke's Family
Dirk Marx - grandfather from Germany, deceased, a real person from history
Doreathea Marx - Cape Dutch grandmother, deceased, a real person from history
Herbert Marx - great uncle from Germany, Anneke calls him Oom
Barbara Marx - great aunt from Germany, deceased
Johannes Terblanche - twin brother, hunter, built her the house in Cedarfontein, a real person from history
Various immediate family members who live at the farm which will become Knysna in the future, these are real as well
Engelbert Marx - second cousin, son of Oom
Engelbert Marx's family - see Marx Family list
Marx Family at Cedarfontein
Groot Engerlbert Marx - Oom's son, woodcutter, formerly worked with the Dutch East India Company until he was let go because of his temper, lay reader in the church
Susanna Smit - Engelbert's oldest daughter, now married to Klein Jacobus Smit and expecting a baby
Klein Engelbert - oldest son of Engelbert
Unnamed wife, younger sons and daughters who all live at the Marx's woodcutter's cottage
Smit Family
Groot Jacobus - father, lives at Smit Homestead with unnamed wife and three youngest sons
Klein Jacobus - oldest son, married to Susanna Smit, lives in a woodcutter's cottage near the Marx's and works with Groot Engelbert his father-in-law
Pieter - youngest son, teenager
Unnamed wife and two middle sons
Du Plessis Family
Groot Hendrik - father, lives at Du Plessis homestead with his wife and children
Maria - wife and Anneke's friend
Klein Hendrik "Hennie" - oldest son
Various other unnamed children
Naval men with John
Commander Hardy - commander of the sloop Echo 16, a real person from history and who joined the army on the land assault during the battle to take Cape Town
Mr. Smith - ship's chaplain, Anglican
Unnamed surgeon - took a full membership examination and not just a military diploma before joining the Navy, speaks a little German
Midshipman Charles Adam - from Monarch, a real boy from history, he commanded a ship at the battle for the Cape at age 14
Various other sailors and officers
Soldiers from the 78th Regiment with John
Captain Scott - the company's captain and a real man from history, he retired wounded in battle at the Cape.
Mr. Morrison - Presbyterian chaplain of the Highlander regiment
Private MacPhee - speaks German and helps John translate
Hopefully, I didn't miss anyone. But feel free to let me know if I did! :) And I hope this helps those who were wondering how everyone connect.
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