Armand, Count de Quesnoy (The Prisoner in the Mask, 1st edn page

Jean Armand Duplessis, tenth Duc de Richleau (The Second Seal, 1st edn page 10).
I agree re The Golden Spaniard - my equal favourite ... I'll confess to my other favourites later !
The Second Seal is certainly my third-favourite DW book - after TDRO, with The Golden Spaniard second by a short head. I shall try to put a review together in the not-too-distant.Charles wrote:The preface to the short story reveals DW considered it one of his best books, so we are in good company. Curiously, at least to me, he considered The Second Seal his best book (Drink & Ink, p252). Steve - I'll look forward to reading a review of TSS in due course !!!