Ashenden · Character
Prince Ali
A flamboyant Albanian prince with a taste for luxury.
minor
Also known as The Prince, Alix
First appearance: vii a trip to paris
Prince Ali's tie to Ashenden is one of the pressures that moves Ashenden—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Mentioned as having played contract-bridge with Ashenden the previous evening, part of the mysterious atmosphere surrounding the hotel.
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Swiss undercover triangle
- Protagonist
- Miscellaneous contacts and targets
- Espionage network core
- Italian revolutionary family
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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professional · ambivalent
Prince Ali is a Middle Eastern prince involved in political intrigue whom Ashenden… How this plays out →
- Ashenden
professional · ambivalent
Prince Ali is a Middle Eastern prince involved in political intrigue whom Ashenden… How this plays out →
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