My Favorite and Least Favorite Characters in The Eight

My ten favorite characters in The Eight:

1. Mireille
2. Catherine
3. Nim
4. Talleyrand
5. Lily
6. Shahin
7. Solarin
8. Valentine
9. Charlot (Mireille's son)
10. Carioca the dog

My ten least favorite characters in The Eight

1. Marat
2. Sharrif
3. Catherine Grand
4. Robespierre
5. Blanche
6. Llewellyn
7. Paul of Russia
8. El-Marad (carpet dealer)
9. Saul (chauffeur)
10. David

My Ten Favorite Characters in Mireille's Story

1. Mireille
2. Talleyrand
3. Shahin
4. Valentine
5. Charlot
6. The Abbess of Montglane
7. Mme. de Staël
8. Napoleon's mother
9. Elisa (Napoleon's sister)
10. Philidor

My Ten Least Favorite Characters in Mireille's Story

1. Marat
2. Catherine Grand
3. Robespierre
4. Paul of Russia
5. David
6. Simonne (Marat's "wife")
7. Catherine the Great
8. Benedict Arnold
9. Boswell
10. Zubov (Catherine the Great's lover)

My Ten Favorite Characters in Catherine's Story

1. Catherine
2. Nim
3. Lily
4. Solarin
5. Carioca the dog
6. Mordecai
7. Kamel
8. Harry
9. Thérèse
10. Wahad (or Michel; Thérèse's son)

My Ten Least Favorite Characters in Catherine's Story

1. Sharrif
2. Blanche
3. Llewellyn
4. El-Marad
5. Saul
6. Upham
7. Hermanold (chess tournament director)
8. Brodski (KGB man)
9. Petard (Catherine's French boss)
10. Achmet (Sharrif's guard)

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Copyright 1997 Vicki Kondelik.