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The series is relatively obscure--and, if truth be told, deservedly so. The books are a [[Cliché Storm]]: Matthew is set a task involving setting to rights another European country. He collects a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] as he travels, often supplementing them with [[Public Domain Character|Public Domain Characters]] created through [[Summon Magic]]; most of them fade back into obscurity, though two from the first book, the [[Black Knight]], Sir Guy de [[Bilingual Bonus|Toutarien]], and the dragon Stegoman, make repeat appearances. Matthew makes more study into the fabric of magic and Stasheff gets to soapbox about morality and virtue, whether in a Christian context or no. Main characters are flat, with secondaries having more interesting moments. So on.
The ''real'' reason tropers will want to check it out anyhow is that it is decidedly, deliberately, unabashedly [[Troperiffic]]. The [[Theory of Narrative Causality]] is in full force, and characters are [[Genre Savvy]] enough to actively ''[[Invoked Trope|invoke]]'' tropes if they stand to benefit from them (in the first book alone Princess Alisande calls upon "[[Underdogs Never Lose]]" and "[[The Good Guys Always Win]]"). The result is a [[Post Modern]] series in the trappings of an [[Historical Fantasy]] (complete with [[Ye Olde
A not-especially-complete wiki on the series can be found [http://christopher.stasheff.com/wiki/tiki-print.php?page=A%20Wizard%20In%20Rhyme at the author's website]{{Dead link}}.
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