# The Masqueraders — Character guide

> Key figures in The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer.

- [Prudence Tremaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/prudence_tremaine.md): Prudence moves through fashionable London as the elegant young man 'Mr. Merriot,' her composure and sharp tongue earning her a place in circles where her brother's recklessness would betray them. She carries the weight o
- [Sir Anthony Fanshawe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/sir_anthony_fanshawe.md): Sir Anthony moves through Society with the ease of a man who has nothing to prove, his phlegmatic calm a stark contrast to the anxious schemers around him. He takes an unaccountable liking to the young Mr. Merriot, offer
- [Robin Tremaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/robin_tremaine.md): Robin Tremaine has spent years following his father's schemes from one scrape to another, and now finds himself in London playing the Honourable Robin Tremaine while dodging the shadow of Tyburn. He is charming, quick to
- [Mr. Markham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/mr_markham.md): Gregory Markham moves through the margins of fashionable London, a man whose friendships are transactional and whose instincts for weakness are sharp. When a nervous stranger comes looking for Lord Barham, Markham sees n
- [Letty Grayson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/letty_grayson.md): Letty Grayson is young, impressionable, and utterly captivated by the mysterious Black Domino who calls her by her name and promises to find her again by the glint of a strange gold ring. She is the kind of girl who beli
- [Mr. Rensley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/mr_rensley.md): Rensley is a man of blunt ambition and little subtlety, convinced that the title and estates of Barham belong to him and willing to bully anyone who stands in his way. He is a persistent suitor to Prudence in her female 
- [Mr. Merriot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/mr_merriot.md): Mr. Merriot moves through drawing rooms and inns with an easy quizzical charm, trading snuff and banter while quietly engineering rescues and evasions. His bond with his sister is a constant, teasing partnership in which
- [John Burton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/john_burton.md): John Burton serves the Tremaine household and moves between households and hiding places with a servant's invisibility, changing his hair, brows, and even his face to slip past pursuit. His loyalty is absolute, but the v
- [Miss Merriot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/miss_merriot.md): Miss Merriot glides through society as the beautiful, languorous sister, admired and underestimated in equal measure, while her brother Robin supplies the impish daring she claims to lack. She is drawn to the large, sobe
- [Lady Lowestoft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/lady_lowestoft.md): Lady Lowestoft presides over a fashionable household where the Merriots' performances are staged and admired, and she has watched Robin's acting closely enough to appreciate its perfection. She is caught between her fond
- [Mr. Belfort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/mr_belfort.md): An expansive gentleman involved in the social whirl.
- [Devereux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/devereux.md): A friend of the Tremaines who aids in their schemes.
- [Galliano](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/galliano.md): An Italian musician or performer who entertains society.
- [Lord Clevedale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/lord_clevedale.md): A jovial peer who claims to have known young Tremaine.
- [Lord March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/lord_march.md): A peer mentioned in the social milieu.
- [Thérèse de Brûton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/therese_de_bruton.md): A Frenchwoman who appears in the story.
- [Viscount Barham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_masqueraders_se/characters/viscount_barham.md): The deceased father of Robin and Prudence Tremaine.

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