Characters in They Came to Baghdad

Supporting characters

• Marcus Tio

  An exuberant host who folds guests into his orbit with drinks and chatter

• Victoria Jones

  Impulsive, quick-witted, and a gifted improviser and mimic; her gift for fibbing repeatedly gets her into and out of trouble

• Edward Goring

  His easy charm is the engine of Victoria's romantic illusions, and not all of it is what it seems

• Henry Carmichael

  A master of disguise able to pass as a local; his fate sets the whole plot in motion

• Mr Dakin

  Cultivates a deliberately shabby, ineffectual front to mask a sharp operational mind

• Anna Scheele

  Cool and methodical; vanishes from under watch and becomes the true linchpin of the resolution

• Sir Rupert Crofton Lee

  A flamboyant, self-important public persona that proves significant to the plot

• Richard Baker

  Reserved and dependable where Edward is dazzling, and quietly drawn to Victoria

• Dr Pauncefoot Jones

  Absent-minded and trusting; mistakes Victoria's improvised story for the assistant he expects