Dramatis personae, The Turkish Gambit, by Boris Akunin
A list of the characters for those who, like me, get a little confused with all the names. Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin DRAMATIS PERSONAE Note that for Turkish characters, effendi and pasha are honorific titles, and that they are placed after the person's name. Effendi corresponds roughly to "Sir". Pasha is a more senior title and corresponds roughly to "Lord". Erast Petrovich FANDORIN , the (main) protagonist, a Russian volunteer fighting for the Serbs in the war against the Ottoman Empire Varvara Andreevna SUVOROVA , a "progressive" young woman traveling to Bulgaria to meet her fiancé Pyotr Yablokov Pyotr YABLOKOV , a young Russian man who has volunteered to serve in the Russian army's war against the Ottoman Empire; he is given a role as a cryptographer; he is the fiancé of Varvara Suvorova Seamus McLAUGHLIN , an Irish reporter attached to the Russian army Charles PALADIN ,