A Curious Beginning
A Curious BeginningDeanna RaybournVeronica Speedwell, book 1
Characters in A Curious Beginning
3 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Veronica Speedwell
A sharp, independent Victorian lepidopterist and natural historian, the first-person narrator, freed by her aunt's death to resume her travels.
Also in An Impossible Impostor
Stoker (Revelstoke Templeton-Vane)
A reclusive, bad-tempered natural historian with a scarred past who becomes Veronica's reluctant partner.
Supporting characters
Baron von Stauffenbach
A German baron who rescues Veronica, claims to know the secret of her origins, and is murdered before he can explain.