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=== This series provides examples of: === |
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* [[Amateur Sleuth]]: Cadfael |
* [[Amateur Sleuth]]: Cadfael |
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* [[Karmic Death]] |
* [[Karmic Death]] |
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* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: ''An Excellent Mystery'' (from the Book of Common Prayer). |
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: ''An Excellent Mystery'' (from the Book of Common Prayer). |
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* [[Luke You Are My Father]]: In the Cadfael novel ''The Virgin in the Ice'', {{spoiler|Olivier de Bretagne turns out to be Cadfael's son by a woman he loved in his young roving days}}. This has ramifications later in the series, particularly in the final novel. |
* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: In the Cadfael novel ''The Virgin in the Ice'', {{spoiler|Olivier de Bretagne turns out to be Cadfael's son by a woman he loved in his young roving days}}. This has ramifications later in the series, particularly in the final novel. |
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* [[Moustache De Plume]] |
* [[Moustache De Plume]] |
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* [[My Master Right or Wrong]] - Olivier to Empress Maude. He is presented as pure and noble for it instead of gray. |
* [[My Master Right or Wrong]] - Olivier to Empress Maude. He is presented as pure and noble for it instead of gray. |
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* [[New Old Flame]]: Richildis, in the Cadfael novel ''Monk's-Hood'' |
* [[New Old Flame]]: Richildis, in the Cadfael novel ''Monk's-Hood'' |
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* [[Origins Episode]]: The short story "A Light on the Road to Woodstock", for Brother Cadfael |
* [[Origins Episode]]: The short story "A Light on the Road to Woodstock", for Brother Cadfael |
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* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Prior Robert Pennant in the Cadfael mysteries. In ''Monk's Hood'' when the abbot is demoted it looks like we're going to see a [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]] story, but he is crushed when another man is chosen to be the new abbot. |
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* [[Seeking Sanctuary]]: ''The Sanctuary Sparrow''. |
* [[Seeking Sanctuary]]: ''The Sanctuary Sparrow''. |
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: The title of ''The Rose Rent'' ostensibly refers to the annual rent of a single white rose paid by the Abbey to the owner of a house. However, it could equally refer to the climactic moment in which the bush from which the roses are taken is deliberately damaged (i.e. "rent") and its defender pays with his life. |
* [[Stealth Pun]]: The title of ''The Rose Rent'' ostensibly refers to the annual rent of a single white rose paid by the Abbey to the owner of a house. However, it could equally refer to the climactic moment in which the bush from which the roses are taken is deliberately damaged (i.e. "rent") and its defender pays with his life. |
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* [[Trial By Combat]] |
* [[Trial By Combat]] |
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* [[The Uriah Gambit]] |
* [[The Uriah Gambit]] |
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* [[Viewers are Morons]]: Some recent American editions change Peters's spelling of Celtic and Norman names, apparently because the publishers think readers are morons. The worst: changing '''Olivier''' de Bretagne into '''Oliver'''. |
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