# Pierre Adet — Lord Tony’s Wife character guide

> Pierre Adet in Lord Tony’s Wife by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pierre, Adet, Pierre-Adet

**First appearance:** 0059-i-the-tiger-s-lair

## Who they are

A Nantes miller whose smouldering hatred of the aristocracy erupts into revolutionary violence, dragging his family into the Terror's path.

## Relationships

### [Jean Baptiste Carrier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/jean_baptiste_carrier)

_professional_

Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions.

### [Yvonne de Kernogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/yvonne_de_kernogan)

_rivalry_

Adet is a revolutionary official who condemns Yvonne and her family as aristocrats to be eliminated.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_professional_

Chauvelin and Adet work together as revolutionary agents coordinating arrests and political repression.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_professional_

Chauvelin and Adet work together as revolutionary agents coordinating arrests and political repression.

### [Jean Baptiste Carrier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/jean_baptiste_carrier)

_professional_

Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions.

### [Yvonne de Kernogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/yvonne_de_kernogan)

_rivalry_

Adet is a revolutionary official who condemns Yvonne and her family as aristocrats to be eliminated.

### [Yvonne de Kernogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/yvonne_de_kernogan)

_rivalry_

Adet is a revolutionary official who condemns Yvonne and her family as aristocrats to be eliminated.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_professional_

Chauvelin and Adet work together as revolutionary agents coordinating arrests and political repression.

### [Jean Baptiste Carrier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/jean_baptiste_carrier)

_professional_

Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i)

Leader of the peasant revolt, driven by hatred of the duc de Kernogan and revolutionary ideals from Rousseau and Marat.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii)

Leader of the peasant revolt; incites the crowd with fiery speeches and sets fire to straw ricks.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii)

Leads the peasant revolt against Kernogan, defying his father's authority.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as the miller's son who is distributing weapons and haranguing the crowd, planning to march on Kernogan.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/vi)

He disappears after the revolt; a search fails to find him, and he is sentenced to death in absentia.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned in hushed tones as a key figure in the Le Croisic operation, though his name is avoided in England.

## Links

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