CHARACTERS

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Claire Fox

Washington Post reporter; Author of the frontpage article about the Jefferson Academy’s issues conference; Martin Ogden’s lover; Assigned by Ogden to dig up information about Raymond Paige and the Jefferson Academy; Guided by the stars into a love relationship with Henry Tilghman.

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Henry Tilghman

Aide to Mr. Paige at the Jefferson Academy; Protégé of Oscar Denker; Framed in the murder of Roberta Wiley; Lover of Claire Fox; Henry and Claire rescue de Riedesel’s journal; they then solve the mystery of the frieze on Jefferson’s mantle and save the world.

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Martin Ogden

Publisher of The Washington Post; Long-time comrade of William O. Douglas; Douglas’s comrade in the communitarian social reform movement; Behind-the-scenes supporter of Tim Hardin and his confrontational methods; Secret enemy of Raymond Paige, Claire Fox’s boss and lover.

Raymond Wallace Paige III

Grandson of Sgt. Raymond Paige; Wealthy founder of the Jefferson Academy in Charlottesville, Virginia; Admirer of Thomas Jefferson and individual initiative; Defender of the American way; Presidential candidate Employer of Henry Tilghman and Roberta Wiley; Parent of Aster and Scott.

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William O. Douglas

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Communitarian social engineer; Comrade of Martin Ogden; Partisan.

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Professor Ashanti Sloate

First Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Virginia; Foremost black female authority on Thomas Jefferson; Discoverer of Sally Hemings personal diary; Author of the Carquest Award winning book Sister Slave; Sister in the communitarian society of Women People; Friend and advisor to Frances Rank.

Frances Rank

Leader of the Women People’s movement; Commander of the Women People’s revolutionary army; Author of the constitution for the new state of Women People; Follower of Gaia; Guest of Aster Paige.

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Madam Marja Marjean

Companion of Aster Paige; Man-hating feminist; Advocate for a society of “women people’; Versed in the mysteries of the cosmos; Medium for Gaia, protectress of women people.

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Aster Paige

Daughter of Raymond Paige; Poetess; Companion of Marjean; Member of Roberta Rank’s political movement; Star child.

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Gerta BiedermanHenry Tilghman

Companion and financial supporter of Tim Hardin; Sister in the community of Women People.

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Tim Hardin

Founder and Director of the Committee for an Open Society; Radical social activist and urban revolutionary; Bent on dismantling the existing materialist system and implementing the communitarian state defined in Thomas Jefferson’s long-lost constitution; Mastermind of the bombing of the Rotunda; Rebellious protege of W.O. Douglas.

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Delilah Wanamaker

Professor of Legal Ethics at the University of Virginia’s Law School: Leading expert on the history of Justice; Jim Prout’s beautiful and daring friend.

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Suzie

Bart Paige’s girlfriend.

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Bart Paige

Black sheep son of Raymond Paige; Manager of Mr. Paige’s cattle breeding business; Caretaker of Aberon of Belmont; Drug entrepreneur; Hated enemy of Marjean and Frances Rank.