What Remains of Heaven (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin: Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin. Tall, leanly built man, not yet 30 years old. He has dark hair and strange yellow eyes with the unnatural ability to see clearly at great distances or at night. Lord Hendon's only surviving son, they enjoy a very complicated and acrimonious relatiohship. St. Cyr's mother abandoned him at a young age which still affects him to this day. Never married, he is deeply in love with Kat Boleyn, an actress although his family, especially his father vehemently disapproves.
• Kat Boleyn: Devlin's first love and a theatre actress.
• Sir Henry Lovejoy: Chief magistrate who has befriended Sebastain St. Cyr and often seeks his assistance in solving murders.
• Alistair St. Cyr, Fifth Earl of Hendon: Fifth Earl of Hendon and father of Sebastian St. Cyr and Amanda Wilcox. Currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his late sixties with deep blue eyes. Has a difficult relationship with Sebastian after a series of secrets comes to light that he withheld.
• Charles, Lord Jarvis: A brilliant, ruthless man and cousin to the King. Completely dedicated to the preservation of the House of Hanover, he is considered the power behind Prinny's (Prince Regent) weak Regency due to King George slipping into madness. Father of Hero Jarvis. Enemy of Sebastian St. Cyr. Enjoys using knowledge he has gained to take people down.
• Tom: 13 year old street urchin who survives working as a pickpocket. Sebastian rescued him from the streets and hires him to be his groom or "tiger". Tom's street sense enables him to secure information for Sebastian due to living on the streets and his ability to go undetected.
• Dr. Paul Gibson: 32 year old slim, dark haired, medium height Irish man. Trained as a surgeon, he shared the battlefields of Europe with Sebastian St. Cyr and an unlikely friendship formed. Not married, he workes out of a small surgery at the base of Tower Hill and shares his knowledge of anatomy at St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew's teaching hospitals. He frequently assists St. Cyr with his murder investigations and provides an invaluable source of knowledge during a time period when DNA was not even an option.
• Hero Jarvis: Charles, Lord Jarvis' daughter and only child. Hero is 25 and considered a spinster since she never married nor does she wish too. She is independant woman of means, smart and not afraid of her father.She has become involved in some of Sebastian's past investigations and he admits to feeling some respect for her.
• Nigel Prescott: oldest brother of Francis Prescott, a cold, cruel man, member of the Hellfire Club
• Francis Prescott: Bishop of London
• Peter Prescott: Bishop Prescott's nephew, Nigel's son
• Lord Quillian: friend of the Prince, fierce opponent to the abolitionist movement
• Jack Slade: butcher who had dealings of some kind with the Bishop
• Obadiah Slade: Jack's son, knows Sebastian from the army, carries a grudge
• William Franklin: Benjamin Franklin's son
• Henrietta: Dowager Duchess of Claiborne, the Earl of Hendon's older sister, Sebastian's aunt
• Malcolm Earnshaw: Reverend of the village of Tanfield Hill
• Mrs. Mccain: Add a description of this character.
• Lady Rosamond Prescott: Nigel's wife
• Bessie Dunlop: former nurse of Lady Prescott and Peter Prescott
• Simon Ashley: the Bishop of London's chaplain
• Morey: Sebastian's butler
• Lady Jarvis: Annabelle, Lord Jarvis' wife, Hero's mother, a "silly, half-mad imbecile"
• Alcibiades: codename for a traitor
• Jules Calhoun: Sebastian's valet
• Mr. Taylor: alias Sebastian sometimes adopts as part of his disguise
• Amanda: Sebastian's older sister; they don't get along
• Cooper: Nigel Prescott's former groom, now working at the Dog and Duck inn
• Archbishop John Moore: old friend of Henrietta's, elderly and dying of consumption
• Squire Douglas Pyle: local magistrate for Tanfield Hill

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• Tanfield Hill
• Canterbury
• England
• St. Margaret
• Bow Street
• Whitehall
• Hounslow Heath
• Ripon
• Berkeley Square
• Hyde Park
• Chelsea
• Tower Hill
• Carlton House
• Brook Street
• Smithfield

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Preceded by Where Serpents Sleep, and followed by Where Shadows Dance.

Preceded by Where Serpents Sleep, and followed by Where Shadows Dance.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. C. S. Harris (Author)

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• Romantic Times Best Historical Mystery (2009)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery

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