Suddenly the Housekeeper of an upper-class London home in a period of unmatched upheaval, Tess Newman is determined to draw on her practical nature to see her way through. What she does not know is that yet more tragedy lays upon the horizon, which will test her fortitude to its extremes.
Arthur Beckwith
The valet to the Duke of Somerset, as matchless in his dedication to his work as he’s been in the quantity of his sexual exploits. From uncertain parentage he’s risen to nearly the highest realm of service, careful to keep his professional and private lives separate.
Ambrose Wilkes
Owner of The Gun Brothel, Leader of the Black Powder Gang
40s · Male
Played by Keaton
FC: Richard Armitage
FC: Richard Armitage
Gender: Male, Class: Working, Nationality: English, Group: Black Powder Gang, Group: The Gun, Site Canon
The ambitious long-time leader of the Black Powder Gang, known as “The Earl of the East End.” From the seat of his popular brothel, the Gun, Rosie oversees a myriad of criminal operations, while spreading his success throughout the neighborhood as a bulwark against rival factions. Quiet and intense, with a soft spot for children and whores, he rules with a velvet fist and keeps his personal life strictly personal.