The Thirty-Nine Steps · Character
General Royer
A French general involved in the international plot.
minor
Also known as Royer
First appearance: i the man who died
General Royer's tie to Lord Alloa is one of the pressures that moves The Thirty-Nine Steps—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Shares a parable about a lion in Senegal to illustrate how the imposture went undetected.
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With Lord Alloa (professional): They are high-ranking military or political figures collaborating on secret defense matters. With Sir Walter Bullivant (professional): They work together in intelligence and national…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Pursuit Authority
- Conspiracy Core
- Hannay's Support Network
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Lord Alloa
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- Sir Walter Bullivant
professional · positive
- Whittaker
professional · positive
- MacGillivray
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- Sir Walter Bullivant
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- Lord Alloa
professional · positive
They are high-ranking military or political figures collaborating on secret defense… How this plays out →
- Whittaker
professional · positive
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