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White Death is a novel by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos. It was published in 2003 as the fourth book in the NUMA Files series.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })1515. Basque sea captain Diego Aguírrez escapes arrest from the always unexpected Spanish Inquisition in all of its Black Legend glory. In his ship he carries mysterious relics that will serve some day to rally up Basque nationalism against Spain.2004. A confrontation between an US anti-whaling Soapbox Sadie group and Faroe islanders ends with the activists oddly losing control of their ship and savagely ramming a Danish cruiser. The resultant disaster requires the presence of Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala, heads of the National Underwater & Marine Agency's special assignement team, to rescue the survivors. Being required to investigate by the activists' legal adviser Therri Weld, Austin discovers somebody rigged to ship to be remote-controlled, with the sinister shadow of an Eskimo fish farming Mega-Corp named Oceanus gliding all over it.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })It has a small connection to the Dirk Pitt Adventures, whose 17th installment Trojan Odyssey was published the same year. | |
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Artistic License – Biology: The belief that Basques have the highest quantity of RH-negative blood in the world is dated science. The Portuguese, depending on the paper, either match or surpass them at this. | |
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The presence of Basque nationalism against Spain in the 1515 is a delirious bout of Anachronism Stew. In real life, the first forms of nationalist thinking among Basques, with the clear goal to separate from Spain and compose their own sovereign country, wouldn't appear until the 1800s, at the heat of the Carlist Wars. Going further, few modern academics dare to speak about a true Basque nationalism before the times of Sabino Arana Goiri (1865-1903), the Spanish writer and ideologist that is considered the father of both the movement and the Basque identity itself. Placing any sort of precedent in the 16th century is especially bizarre given that back then, Basques produced many of the most important military men, navigators and conquistadores in the Spanish Empire, a role they were proud of (and many of them still are). | |
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Artistic License – History:Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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The story also concedes just too much power to the figure of a single high inquisitor, who can accuse and execute people basically at will, when in real life, the heavily bureaucratized structure of the Spanish Inquisition would have required either a long, comprehensive process of investigation (or a similar amount of Bavarian Fire Drill, such as the aforementioned case of Zugarramurdi, which would likely end the career of the inquisitor in question once he was caught). | |
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Animal Wrongs Group: Subverted with the Senteniels of the Sea, who block whaling expeditions and the like, but with mostly peaceful methods. They are only framed as being one of this by the bad guys. That said, they are surely led by a jerkass who loves the spotlight too much. | |
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Artistic License – Geography: Austin instantly recognizes Navarra as a Basque province. In real life, Navarre and the Basque Country are two separated autonomous communities in Spain. There are a lot of cultural connections between both, especially because they were both part of the Kingdom of Navarre until the 15th century, but calling Navarre a Basque land in modern Spain is to open a highly controversial and politically infused can of worms, about which Austin (and likely Cussler) doesn't seem to know much. | |
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