# Marie Ivanovna — The Secret City character guide

> Marie Ivanovna in The Secret City by Hugh Walpole.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Marie

**First appearance:** 0009-vi

## Who they are

A female character, possibly a friend or relative of the family.

## In the story

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_city_se/chapters/xi)

The narrator mourns Marie Ivanovna alongside John Trenchard, feeling their deaths were pointless.

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

Recalled in Durward's war flashbacks; her death is part of the haunting memories.

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