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The Black Douglas
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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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ArtisticLicenceHistory | |
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Artistic Licence – History: De Retz was not an ambassador to Scotland and had nothing to do with Douglas' death. | |
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Age Lift | |
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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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Right-Hand Cat | |
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Right-Hand Cat: De Retz spends a lot of time petting a tame wolf... if that IS all it is. | |
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Religion of Evil | |
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Religion of Evil: De Retz worships the Devil. | |
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Defector from Decadence | |
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Defector from Decadence: Sybilla becomes one. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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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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Belated Love Epiphany | |
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Belated Love Epiphany: Maud for Sholto. | |
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Damsel in Distress | |
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Damsel in Distress: Maud and Margaret after their capture by de Retz. | |
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Historical Character's Fictional Relative | |
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Historical Character's Fictional Relative: Sybilla is an invented sister of de Retz' real wife, Catherine de Thouars. | |
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A Child Shall Lead Them | |
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A Child Shall Lead Them: King James. (Historically also true of Earl William.) | |
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Kangaroo Court | |
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Kangaroo Court: The condemnation of the Douglas brothers is an egregious example. This is Truth in Television. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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Heel–Face Turn: Sybilla. | |
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Evil Uncle | |
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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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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 Late Middle Ages | |
The Black Douglas / int_763d015b | comment |
The Late Middle Ages: It's set in 1439-40. | |
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Brave Scot | |
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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 | |
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Femme Fatale: Sybilla. | |
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Faux Affably Evil | |
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Faux Affably Evil: De Retz. | |
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Evil Chancellor | |
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Evil Chancellor: Crichton to King James II. He uses his position to eliminate his personal rivals. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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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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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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DidNotThinkThisThrough | |
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Did Not Think This Through: Laurence's attempted infiltration of de Retz' household. | |
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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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Alliterative Name | |
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Alliterative Name: Malise MacKim. | |
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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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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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Rescue Arc | |
The Black Douglas / int_d71af7a | comment |
Rescue Arc: After the kidnapping of Maud and Margaret. | |
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The Clan | |
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The Clan: Very literally so as it's medieval Scotland. The Douglases fit the trope very well. | |
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Calling the Old Man Out | |
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Calling the Old Man Out: Avondale's sons are not happy to discover his betrayal of their cousin the Earl. | |
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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 Mole | |
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The Mole: Laurence rashly decides to become this. Sybilla has rather more idea what they're getting themselves into. | |
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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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One-Steve Limit | |
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One-Steve Limit: Severely averted by history. Two major characters are called William Douglas. | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending | |
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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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Our Werewolves Are Different | |
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Our Werewolves Are Different | |
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Distressed Dude | |
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Distressed Dude: The Douglas brothers in Edinburgh Castle. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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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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