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* EverybodySmokes: Not surprising considering that the novel is set during [[WorldWarTwo World War II]].

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* EverybodySmokes: Not surprising considering that the novel is set during [[WorldWarTwo World War II]].UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.



* UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo: Set largely in Occupied France, with flashbacks to wartime England and Scotland.

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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo: UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: Set largely in Occupied France, with flashbacks to wartime England and Scotland.
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* FamousAncestor: Queenie is proud of her descent from [[{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]], Theatre/{{Macbeth}}, and [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]].

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* FamousAncestor: Queenie is proud of her descent from [[{{Braveheart}} [[Film/{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]], Theatre/{{Macbeth}}, and [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: von Linden.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: von Von Linden.]]
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* FamousAncestor: Queenie is proud of her descent from [[{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]], {{Macbeth}}, and [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]].

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* FamousAncestor: Queenie is proud of her descent from [[{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]], {{Macbeth}}, Theatre/{{Macbeth}}, and [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]].
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* ShamefulStrip: Part of Queenie's torture at the hands of Von Linden.

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* ShamefulStrip: Part of Queenie's torture at the hands of Von von Linden.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Jamie nearly gives away Maddie's real name, but quickly changes it to "Ma chérie!" and kisses her to make it creible.

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* LastSecondWordSwap: Jamie nearly gives away Maddie's real name, but quickly changes it to "Ma chérie!" and kisses her to make it creible.credible.



* MeaningfulEcho: Intentionally by von linden: "''Je vous souhaite une bonne nuit.''"

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* MeaningfulEcho: Intentionally by von linden: Linden: "''Je vous souhaite une bonne nuit.''"



* WickedCultured: Von Linden quotes (and possibly took his daughter's name from) opera, appreciates the narrator writing her story in literary style, and takes the narrator's reference to a certain work as a recommendation to read it himself.

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* WickedCultured: Von Linden quotes (and possibly took his daughter's name from) an opera, appreciates the narrator writing her story in literary style, and takes the narrator's reference to a certain work as a recommendation to read it himself.
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* AnachronicOrder: The confession [[spoiler: quite deliberately]] explains its writer's current life in prison among its stories of the past. [[spoiler: Then Maddie's story begins in her crashed plane, just after the end of the story Julie told, but over a month before the 'present day' when Julie finished her confession.]]
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* MeaningfulEcho: Intentionally by von linden: "''Je vous souhaite une bonne nuit.''"



* WickedCultured: Von Linden fits this trope perfectly.

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* WickedCultured: Von Linden fits this trope perfectly.quotes (and possibly took his daughter's name from) opera, appreciates the narrator writing her story in literary style, and takes the narrator's reference to a certain work as a recommendation to read it himself.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Jamie nearly gives away Maddie's real name, but quickly changes it to "Ma chérie!" and kisses her to make it creible.
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!! ''Code Name Verity'' contains examples of:

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* RedOniBlueOni: Queenie is the Red to Maddie's Blue.



* RedOniBlueOni: Queenie is the Red to Maddie's Blue.

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* LesCollaborateurs: Queenie is loathed by her fellow prisoners because she's collaborating with von Linden. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that all of the important information she divulged was for nonexistent wireless radios, in order to hide her actual mission in France]].



* LesCollaborateurs: Queenie is loathed by her fellow prisoners because she's collaborating with von Linden. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that all of the important information she divulged was for nonexistent wireless radios, in order to hide her actual mission in France]].

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* LaResistance: The [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] are mentioned throughout the book, and Maddie and Queenie's mission was to deliver [[spoiler: explosives]] to them. [[spoiler: In Maddie's part of the story, she is taken in by a Resistance family, and essentially becomes a Resistance agent in her efforts to complete Julie's mission.]]


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* LaResistance: The [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] are mentioned throughout the book, and Maddie and Queenie's mission was to deliver [[spoiler: explosives]] to them. [[spoiler: In Maddie's part of the story, she is taken in by a Resistance family, and essentially becomes a Resistance agent in her efforts to complete Julie's mission.]]
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* GivenNameReveal: Queenie does not mention her real name until the end of her section of the novel. [[spoiler: Her name is Julie]].
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* SpySpeak: Happens most notably when Queenie talks to [[spoiler: Georgia Penn]].
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* OvertRendezvous: Maddie and Anna Engel walk around Ormaie speaking English and discussing their plans to [[spoiler: blow up the Ormaie Gestapo headquarters]].
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Has a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] written by the same author, ''RoseUnderFire,'' which ties into the events of the first book.

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Has a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] written by the same author, ''RoseUnderFire,'' ''Literature/RoseUnderFire,'' which ties into the events of the first book.
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Has a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] written by the same author, ''Rose Under Fire,'' which ties into the events of the first book.

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Has a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] written by the same author, ''Rose Under Fire,'' ''RoseUnderFire,'' which ties into the events of the first book.
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*ComingInHot: Maddie's landing in France.
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->“It's like being in love, discovering your best friend."


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->“It's ->"''It's like being in love, discovering your best friend."

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-->“It's like being in love, discovering your best friend."

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*MercyKill: [[spoiler: Maddie kills Julie to save her from further torture]].
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*ApologizesALot: Maddie, when she's in [[spoiler: France]].
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**[[spoiler: Georgia Penn, a Nazi radio announcer]], fits the trope as well. She is American but works for the Nazis while also spying for the Allies.
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* DoubleTap: The [[LaResistance Resistance]] can't take prisoners, so they use this to make sure their targets are killed. [[spoiler: Maddie uses it to kill Julie]].

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* DoubleTap: The [[LaResistance Resistance]] {{SOE}} can't take prisoners, so they use this to make sure their targets are killed. [[spoiler: Maddie uses it to kill Julie]].



* VulnerableConvoy: The Resistance attacks a convoy transporting prisoners, including [[spoiler: Julie]].

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* VulnerableConvoy: The Resistance attacks a convoy bus transporting prisoners, including [[spoiler: Julie]].
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*ThatsAnOrder: Queenie to Maddie when they're firing an antiaircraft gun during an air raid.
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-->“It's like being in love, discovering your best friend."

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* RedOniBlueOni: Queenie is the Red to Maddie's Blue.
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*WrenchWench: Maddie.
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*HowWeGotHere: The novel begins with Queenie already in a Gestapo prison. Much of Queenie's narrative involves her explanation of why Maddie flew her to France and how she was captured by the Nazis.

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