The Cardinal's Blades

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The Cardinal's Blades (Les Lames du Cardinal) is a 2007 fantasy novel by Pierre Pevel, set in seventeenth century France. It is the first novel in a trilogy of the same name, followed by The Alchemist in the Shadows (L'Alchimiste des ombres, 2009) and The Dragon Arcana (Le Dragon des Arcanes, 2010)

Tropes used in The Cardinal's Blades include: