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Under Two Flags
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Bertie Cecil, who is called "Beauty of the Brigades", is a young nobleman serving in the First Life Guard as a cavalryman. He leads a comfortable, upper-class life full of hunts and horse races, surrounded by a large admiring circle of influential friends. The only faults in his life are that his family is bankrupt and his brother Berkeley has a bad gambling problem.When he loses a bet on a horse race, he has nothing left but his brother – who signed a heavy bill with Bertie's name. Because he was with the 'titled and wedded' Lady Guenevere when the bill was signed, he has no way of proving that the signature is forged except with, at the same time, exposing Lady Guenevere. Such as to not ruin both Berkeley and Lady Guenevere's names, Bertie flees and joins the Chasseurs d'Afrique, where, after twelve years of service, he meets the fascinating camp-follower Cigarette as well as the ruthless Châteauroy, his commander, who is in love with Cigarette.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Her expressing interest in Bertie only worsens his treatment of the same, and the situation is made even more confusing when Princess Venetia Corona shows up, with whom Bertie falls in love after last having seen her when she was a very young girl.Under Two Flags (1867) is one of the two most well-known works of English author Ouida, pen name of Marie Louise de la Ramée (the other is A Dog of Flanders) and spawned the genre of French Foreign Legion romances, the most famous of which is now Wren's Beau Geste, despite not even involving the French Foreign Legion.It was adapted into four movies, the last of which starring Ronald Colman with Claudette Colbert as Cigarette, and an obscure comic book. The Goon Show play "Under Two Floorboards" is actually their version of Beau Geste, not this thing.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness | |
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Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Princess Venetia | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: We hope you speak French. The characters certainly do. | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness: Bertie's nickname is “Beauty” for a reason.note Typical of Ouida, the stronger and more valiant her male characters, the more likely they were to be Agent Peacock. She was one of many writers of her time to portray masculine androgyny, empathy and sensitivity as signs of strong character. His “evil” brother Berkeley, on the other hand, has a “weak chin”. | |
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Embarrassing Nickname | |
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Embarrassing Nickname: Cigarette calls her friends and co-soldiers gros bebées, meaning big babies. Bertie's nickname “Beauty” is this to modern readers. | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: Bertie in a nutshell. | |
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Book Dumb | |
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Book Dumb: Cigarette, again. | |
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Legion of Lost Souls | |
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Legion of Lost Souls: Despite being often mistaken for this by readers, the Chasseurs d'Afrique were nothing like the French Foreign Legion. The Legion, back then, were sleazy mercenaries, the Chasseurs were gentlemen. The films “corrected” this. | |
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Smoking Is Cool | |
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Smoking Is Cool: Cigarette being a smoker stressed her masculinity back in the day the book was written, it also illustrates her as a misfit or even vamp, yet she is clearly meant to be a very positive character. | |
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Boyish Short Hair | |
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Boyish Short Hair: One of Cigarette's distinguishing features. | |
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Author Appeal | |
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Author Appeal: The novel has many an autobiographical aspect. | |
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Impoverished Patrician | |
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Impoverished Patrician: Bertie | |
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Tsundere | |
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Tsundere: Cigarette, of the tsuntsun type. | |
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Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough | |
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Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough: The dynamics between Bertie and Châteauroy resemble this. | |
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FirstGuyWins | |
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First Guy Wins: Venetia eventually marries Bertie. | |
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Betty and Veronica | |
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Betty and Veronica: Humble English princess Venetia is the Betty in this one, rash soldier girl Cigarette the Veronica. | |
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Taking the Bullet | |
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Taking the Bullet: How Cigarette dies. | |
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Trading Bars for Stripes | |
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Trading Bars for Stripes: Bertie's motivation to join the Chasseurs is to not destroy the reputation of Berkeley, Lady Guenevere, and himself. | |
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The Lad-ette | |
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The Lad-ette: Cigarette — hard-riding, shooting, and sexually aggressive. | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? | |
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Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: The book doesn't make it clear whether “Cigarette” is her real name, or if she's Only Know By Her Nickname. | |
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Qurac | |
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Qurac: The setting is very romanticised. | |
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Officer and a Gentleman | |
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Officer and a Gentleman: Bertie | |
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Camp Follower | |
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Camp Follower: Cigarette's official profession. | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
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Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Cigarette is not known by any other name. | |
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Action Girl | |
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Action Girl: Cigarette, oh so very much. | |
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Sergeant Rock | |
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Sergeant Rock: Châteauroy, who has no qualms about treating Bertie (and everybody else) very harshly. | |
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign | |
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Bertie joins the Chasseurs as the Frenchman Louis Victor. | |
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Cain and Abel | |
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Cain and Abel: Berkeley and Bertie | |
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Good Adultery, Bad Adultery | |
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Good Adultery, Bad Adultery: It is clearly shown that Bertie's actions with Lady Guenevere were wrong, yet he is painted in a very positive light. | |
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