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The Black Douglas

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The Black Douglas	type	TVTItem
The Black Douglas	label	The Black Douglas
The Black Douglas	page	TheBlackDouglas
The Black Douglas	comment	The Black Douglas is an 1899 Historical Fiction novel by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (The Raiders).It deals with the murder of the sixth Earl of Douglas and the downfall of Gilles de Retz.
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The Black Douglas	processingComment	Dropped link to HistoricalDomainCharacter: Not a Feature - IGNORE
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The Black Douglas / int_120a6a29	type	ArtisticLicenceHistory
The Black Douglas / int_120a6a29	comment	Artistic Licence – History: De Retz was not an ambassador to Scotland and had nothing to do with Douglas' death.
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The Black Douglas / int_121b3725	type	Age Lift
The Black Douglas / int_121b3725	comment	Age Lift: Earl William is aged up from sixteen to eighteen, to make his dalliance with Sybilla more palatable (and her eventually genuine reciprocation more plausible).
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The Black Douglas / int_16995d90	type	Right-Hand Cat
The Black Douglas / int_16995d90	comment	Right-Hand Cat: De Retz spends a lot of time petting a tame wolf... if that IS all it is.
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The Black Douglas / int_187bddc1	type	Religion of Evil
The Black Douglas / int_187bddc1	comment	Religion of Evil: De Retz worships the Devil.
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The Black Douglas / int_38f1a7ed	type	Defector from Decadence
The Black Douglas / int_38f1a7ed	comment	Defector from Decadence: Sybilla becomes one.
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The Black Douglas / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
The Black Douglas / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: Anyone remotely acquainted with the period knows that the Earl won't be saved and de Retz will be exposed as a serial killer; the fictional characters provide the suspense.
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The Black Douglas / int_3c2659de	type	Belated Love Epiphany
The Black Douglas / int_3c2659de	comment	Belated Love Epiphany: Maud for Sholto.
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The Black Douglas / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
The Black Douglas / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Maud and Margaret after their capture by de Retz.
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The Black Douglas / int_46b5a2f2	type	Historical Character's Fictional Relative
The Black Douglas / int_46b5a2f2	comment	Historical Character's Fictional Relative: Sybilla is an invented sister of de Retz' real wife, Catherine de Thouars.
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The Black Douglas / int_4e6e9b64	type	A Child Shall Lead Them
The Black Douglas / int_4e6e9b64	comment	A Child Shall Lead Them: King James. (Historically also true of Earl William.)
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The Black Douglas / int_5d3e7c6	type	Kangaroo Court
The Black Douglas / int_5d3e7c6	comment	Kangaroo Court: The condemnation of the Douglas brothers is an egregious example. This is Truth in Television.
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The Black Douglas / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
The Black Douglas / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: Sybilla.
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The Black Douglas / int_688afa6a	type	Evil Uncle
The Black Douglas / int_688afa6a	comment	Evil Uncle: Avondale to the Douglas siblings (great-uncle to be precise). He connives at the judicial murder of William and David and the kidnap of Margaret.
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The Black Douglas / int_69e4f7b7	type	Historical Fantasy
The Black Douglas / int_69e4f7b7	comment	Historical Fantasy: Treads the very edges of this trope through liberal application of Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane.
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The Black Douglas / int_75d6bf40	type	Belligerent Sexual Tension
The Black Douglas / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension: Sholto and Maud. (This is a Crockett trademark.)
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The Black Douglas / int_763d015b	type	The Late Middle Ages
The Black Douglas / int_763d015b	comment	The Late Middle Ages: It's set in 1439-40.
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The Black Douglas / int_76ecc890	type	Brave Scot
The Black Douglas / int_76ecc890	comment	Brave Scot: Unsurprisingly in a Crockett novel, there are plenty of these, particularly the Douglases and MacKims.
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The Black Douglas / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
The Black Douglas / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Sybilla.
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The Black Douglas / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
The Black Douglas / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: De Retz.
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The Black Douglas / int_a3c0d670	type	Evil Chancellor
The Black Douglas / int_a3c0d670	comment	Evil Chancellor: Crichton to King James II. He uses his position to eliminate his personal rivals.
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The Black Douglas / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Black Douglas / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Avondale, as history sadly dictates. He has at least destroyed his own children's regard for him. And history also dictates that his family won't long enjoy the fruits of his treachery - though sadly it will be his innocent children and not him who pay the price.
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The Black Douglas / int_a8a5e4ed	type	Christianity Is Catholic
The Black Douglas / int_a8a5e4ed	comment	Christianity is Catholic: Justified Trope given the time period, but Crockett semi-subverts it by stressing the elaborate extravagance of French religious practice, so that the simpler Scots look like proto-Protestants by comparison.
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The Black Douglas / int_b773ec0e	type	DidNotThinkThisThrough
The Black Douglas / int_b773ec0e	comment	Did Not Think This Through: Laurence's attempted infiltration of de Retz' household.
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The Black Douglas / int_bd620d3c	type	In Love with the Mark
The Black Douglas / int_bd620d3c	comment	In Love with the Mark: Sybilla's feelings for Earl William ultimately become genuine... too late to save him.
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The Black Douglas / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
The Black Douglas / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Malise MacKim.
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The Black Douglas / int_c66cb5a9	type	Human Sacrifice
The Black Douglas / int_c66cb5a9	comment	Human Sacrifice: De Retz practises this. Maud, Margaret, and Laurence almost become victims.
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The Black Douglas / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The Black Douglas / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Crockett leans heavily on this trope. We never get definite confirmation of how Sybilla conjured up a bower in the Galloway hills with no apparent assistance, whether de Retz' scrying is effective, or whether the werewolves are real.
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The Black Douglas / int_d71af7a	type	Rescue Arc
The Black Douglas / int_d71af7a	comment	Rescue Arc: After the kidnapping of Maud and Margaret.
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The Black Douglas / int_e268e2	type	The Clan
The Black Douglas / int_e268e2	comment	The Clan: Very literally so as it's medieval Scotland. The Douglases fit the trope very well.
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The Black Douglas / int_e52a0409	type	Calling the Old Man Out
The Black Douglas / int_e52a0409	comment	Calling the Old Man Out: Avondale's sons are not happy to discover his betrayal of their cousin the Earl.
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The Black Douglas / int_e63c3cf4	type	Restricted Rescue Operation
The Black Douglas / int_e63c3cf4	comment	Restricted Rescue Operation: The regency government and the new Earl of Douglas are indebted to de Retz and quite pleased to have Margaret Douglas out of the way as well as her brothers, so the rescue mission has to be undertaken unsupported.
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The Black Douglas / int_e70127	type	The Mole
The Black Douglas / int_e70127	comment	The Mole: Laurence rashly decides to become this. Sybilla has rather more idea what they're getting themselves into.
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The Black Douglas / int_ec7da60a	type	Beethoven Was an Alien Spy
The Black Douglas / int_ec7da60a	comment	Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Gilles de Retz commands an army of werewolves... maybe.
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The Black Douglas / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Black Douglas / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Severely averted by history. Two major characters are called William Douglas.
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The Black Douglas / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
The Black Douglas / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Sholto and Maud go through hell. She is kidnapped, spirited away to France, and nearly murdered, along with the child she's responsible for protecting, while he first fails to save the Earl, then nearly loses both Maud and his brother... all while both fear the other doesn't even return their feelings until the final pages.
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The Black Douglas / int_f8b3fa5d	type	Our Werewolves Are Different
The Black Douglas / int_f8b3fa5d	comment	Our Werewolves Are Different
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The Black Douglas / int_f9e16ef	type	Distressed Dude
The Black Douglas / int_f9e16ef	comment	Distressed Dude: The Douglas brothers in Edinburgh Castle.
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The Black Douglas / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
The Black Douglas / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Despite all the Artistic Licence – History employed, an important plot point is that the Douglases are major landholders in France and have as many jealous rivals there as in Scotland. This is not well known, but absolutely true.
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