List of characters in The Baroque Cycle
From the Quicksilver Metaweb.
This is a list of the dramatis personæ in The Baroque Cycle who have entries in the Metaweb, or should have entries about them written. As this list grows, we may group people by family, region, religion, language, title or noble status, or other methods.
Characters who are based directly on actual historical persons of the same name are in bold. All other characters are purely fictional constructs or are based loosely on classes of people who existed at the time.
Natural Philosophers
- Daniel Waterhouse
- Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
- Isaac Newton
- Robert Hooke
- John Wilkins
- Christiaan Huygens
- Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
- Bonaventure Rossignol
- John Flamsteed
Aristocrats, Politicians, and Clerics
- Eliza
- James I of England
- Charles I of England
- Charles II
- Louis XIV
- James II of England
- Monmouth
- William of Orange
- Queen Anne
- Samuel Pepys
- (Duc) d'Arcachon
- Etienne d'Arcachon
- Edouard de Gex
- George I of Great Britain
- Electress Sophie of Hanover
- Sophie Charlotte
- Princess Caroline
- King George II of Great Britain
- Louis Anglesey, Earl of Upnor
- Thomas More Anglesey
- Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme
- (duchesse d')Oyonnax
- (Comte) d'Avaux
- King Phillip the V of Spain
- Jeronimo Alejandro Penasco
Businessmen
- Gomer Bolstrood
- Knott Bolstrood
- Drake Waterhouse
- John Comstock
- Roger Comstock
- Mr. Foot
- Sluys
- Yevgeny (the Raskolnik)
- The Esphahnians
- Baron Lothar von Hacklheber
Soldiers, Sailors, Slaves, Vagabonds, and Assorted Wanderers
- Jack Shaftoe
- Enoch Root
- Bob Shaftoe
- Dappa
- Moseh de la Cruz
- Gabriel Goto
- Teague Partry
- Surendranath
- Captain Otto van Hoek
- Nyazi
- Danny Shaftoe
- Jimmy Shaftoe
Women of Note
- Catherine Barton - The Body
Very Minor Characters
People mentioned only a few times with only a tiny part in the narrative, and historical persons who are mentioned but do not directly participate in the narrative.
- Arlanc
- Elias Ashmole
- (comte de) Béziers
- Beatrice Béziers
- Louis Béziers
- Mary Dolores
- (marquise d')Ozoir
- Mother Shaftoe
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- Isaac Barrow
- Baruch de Spinoza
- Oliver Cromwell
See also
- Dramatis Personæ for Quicksilver
- Dramatis Personæ for The Confusion
- Dramatis Personæ for The System of the World
- list of notable Baroque figures where the above are boldfaced for easy reference
- Family relations between The Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon