Posts Tagged "Character Development"

• Lady Augusta Staunton, countess of Rossendale

  Lady Augusta Staunton

  Birthday: 1 December 1759

  Age (in AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE): 51

  Physical characteristics: Blonde, blue-eyed, and able to cut down social climbers and scandal-mongers with a single look.

  Occupation/interests: Engaged in charitable works and social activities — but most of her energy is devoted to marrying off Amelia, Madeleine, Alex, and Sebastian.

  Home: Splits her time between the family estate in Lancashire and the Stauntons’ London townhouse.

  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 10:13 pm

• Sebastian Staunton

  Sebastian Staunton

  Birthday: 30 May 1783

  Age (in AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE): 29
  

  Physical characteristics: Light brown hair and blue eyes, with a tanned, muscular physique built on the deck of his ship and his plantation in the Caribbean.
  

  Occupation/interests: Public persona: Bermuda plantation owner; private persona: abolitionist/privateer.
  

  Home: Splits time between family houses in England and plantation in Bermuda.

  Sebastian Staunton always chafed in the confines of London society, and he leapt at the chance to partner with an acquaintance to run a plantation in Bermuda. But when he arrived on the island, he was horrified by the brutality of the slave trade. As the abolition debate stalls in Parliament, he decides to take matters into his own hands. With his plantation as a front for his real activities, he starts attacking slavers in the Caribbean. But his business partner’s daughter is out for his blood, and relations between Britain and America are turning ominous…

  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 10:05 pm

• Alexander Staunton, earl of Rossendale

  Alexander Staunton, earl of Rossendale

  Birthday: 30 October 1779

  Age (in AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE): 31

  Physical characteristics: Tall and fit, with brown hair and striking blue eyes.

  Occupation/interests: His responsibilities as earl of Rossendale take most of his time, but he still pursues his side interests as a collector of antiquities.

  Home: splits time between family estate in Lancashire and his lodgings in London.

  Alexander Staunton inherited the earldom at the age of twenty-four, and with it came the responsibility for taking care of his mother, his brother, his sister, and his ward. The responsibility forced him to grow up, and since inheriting the earldom he has increased his family’s holdings and set up his brother with a plantation in Bermuda. But all work and no play makes Alex a dull boy, and he recognizes that he’s no longer having fun with his usual pursuits. He needs a change, but doesn’t know where to find it…

  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 10:01 pm

• William Avenel “Ferguson” Stafford, earl of Rothwell

  William "Ferguson" Stafford, earl of Rothwell

  Birthday: 11 April 1782

  Age (in AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE): 30

  Physical characteristics: Red hair (very stylishly cut), blue eyes, medium build with perfect proportions that show to advantage in his fancy waistcoats and breeches.
  

  Occupation/interests: Public persona: dissolute heir to the duke of Harwich; private persona: unoffical, desperate laird for the Ferguson clan and estate.
  

  Home: Grew up on his mother’s estate in the Scottish Highlands; technically, his ancestral home is at Harwich on the east coast of England.

  William Avenel Ferguson Stafford, earl of Rothwell, never expected to inherit his father’s estate. But after his two older half-brothers died, he was next in line to the dukedom, to both his and his father’s immense displeasure. Ferguson hates his father — and the feeling is mutual — but he will do anything to reverse the damage that his father has done to his mother’s ancestral Scottish estate. If that includes going to England and making peace with his father, he will do it — but only on his own terms…

  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 9:55 pm

• Lady Madeleine Vaillaint

  Lady Madeleine Vaillant

  Birthday: 24 February 1788

  Age (in AN INCONVENIENT MARRIAGE): 23

  Physical characteristics: Black hair, green eyes; slight French accent that becomes more noticeable when she is upset or excited.

  Occupation/interests: No occupation; she spends most of her time trying to be useful to her surrogate family.

  Home: Born in southern France to the comte and comtesse de Loubressac; has lived with the Stauntons since she was five.

  Madeleine Vaillant was smuggled out of France by a loyal nursemaid at the height of the Reign of Terror. Her parents sent her to stay with the Stauntons, their closest English friends, and apparently lost their lives to the guillotine. With the continued warfare in France, she has never been able to return to her native home, although dreams of her childhood still haunt her. She hides her sadness well, and most people find her to be cheerful and agreeable. She and Amelia Staunton share a sister-like bond, but Amelia’s marriage will force her to reconsider her life.

  
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  Posted 9 June 2009, 9:52 pm