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'''''A Midsummer Tempest''''' is a fantasy novel by [[Poul Anderson]].
In ''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]'', a clock chimes. Chiming clocks were a medieval
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* [[Improbable Age]]: Prince Rupert's (historically-accurate) extreme youth for his military accomplishments is commented on by his captor.
* [[Inn Between the Worlds]]: The Old Phoenix Tavern, wherein Rupert meets three travelers from other timelines, one of whom deduces the basis of Rupert's universe and explains it for the benefit of the audience.
* [[Knighting]]: When Prince Rupert returns to King Charles, the king immediately knights the soldier who accompanied him. (He first asks him to swear loyalty to the
* [[Last Stand]]: Rupert goes to join his king in hopes of helping him, and if it fails, for this trope.
* [[Love Potion]]: [[The Vamp]] uses a potion to lure Prince Rupert into her bed. Unfortunately for him and the heroine, the magical rings they owned were driven by [[The Power of Love]], and this broke them.
* [[Modern Mayincatec Empire]]: One of the crosstime travellers in the Old Phoenix Tavern mentions having visited one.
* [[Offered the Crown]]: Prince Rupert recounts how his father was offered the crown of
* [[The Power of Love]]: Drives the magical rings that Oberon and Titania give Prince Rupert and Jennifer.
* [[Royal Blood]]: Prince Rupert is the main character, and he's work in defence of King Charles, the rightful ruler. Although the magic they work to save him carefully explains that it cares about the land and the king only in as much as the king helps the land, once it has done so, it brings down the Roundheads.
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