# Mr. Caillaud — The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane character guide

> Mr. Caillaud in The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane by Mark Rutherford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Caillaud

**First appearance:** 0001-the-revolution-in-tanner-s-lane

## Snapshot

A French émigré who throws in his lot with the Blanketeers, Caillaud brings a Continental eye to English radicalism and its illusions.

## Who they are

Caillaud and the Major stand together in St. Peter's Fields, aghast at the unarmed thousands who believe a petition will topple Lord Liverpool. He is a foreigner among English reformers, close enough to their hopes to share the danger but detached enough to see the innocence and fanaticism of the Blanketeers' march. His presence widens the novel's frame, linking Manchester radicalism to the larger European upheavals of the age.

## Relationships

### [Zachariah Coleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/characters/zachariah_coleman)

_professional_

Mr. Caillaud is Zachariah Coleman's employer and a fellow radical, with a business and ideological partnership.

### [Major Maitland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/characters/major_maitland)

_rivalry_

Major Maitland and Mr. Caillaud are political enemies, representing opposing sides in the revolutionary conflict.

### [Zachariah Coleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/characters/zachariah_coleman)

_professional_

Mr. Caillaud is Zachariah Coleman's employer and a fellow radical, with a business and ideological partnership.

### [Zachariah Coleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/characters/zachariah_coleman)

_professional_

Mr. Caillaud is Zachariah Coleman's employer and a fellow radical, with a business and ideological partnership.

### [Major Maitland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/characters/major_maitland)

_rivalry_

Major Maitland and Mr. Caillaud are political enemies, representing opposing sides in the revolutionary conflict.

## In the story

### [IV: A Friend of the People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/iv-a-friend-of-the-people)

Referred to as the shoemaking friend walking with the Major.

### [VIII: Unconventional Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/viii-unconventional-justice)

Part of the cautious 'informal Cabinet' with the Major and Zachariah; not at home when the Major seeks him.

### [XII: One Body and One Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xii-one-body-and-one-spirit)

Hosts the meeting; briefly leaves the room during the conversation.

### [XXIV: “I Came Not to Send Peace, but a Sword”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxiv-i-came-not-to-send-peace-but-a-sword)

Mentioned in the context of Zachariah's past radical activities.

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