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* FamousAncestor: The reason for Gertrude's {{Pride}}.
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* FamousAncestor: ThemeFamilyNaming:
** Thereason for Gertrude's {{Pride}}.first born of Henriette's family is always called Henri after a FamousAncestor; she happened to be a first born girl.
** Invoked by Gilles: both his and Gabrielle's name start with the [[RuleOfSeven seventh letter of the alphabet]], and since God created the world in seven days, the two of them together will always be protected by God.
** The
** Invoked by Gilles: both his and Gabrielle's name start with the [[RuleOfSeven seventh letter of the alphabet]], and since God created the world in seven days, the two of them together will always be protected by God.
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* PrincessClassic: What the girls are brought up to be at Saint-Cyr. Some of them really are, like Louise or Gabrielle.
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* PrincessClassic: What the girls are brought up to be at Saint-Cyr. Some of them really are, like Louise or Gabrielle.Marie-Adélaïde.
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* ThemeFamilyNaming:
** The first born of Henriette's family is always called Henri after a FamousAncestor; she happened to be a first born girl.
** Invoked by Gilles: both his and Gabrielle's name start with the [[RuleOfSeven seventh letter of the alphabet]], and since God created the world in seven days, the two of them together will always be protected by God.
** The first born of Henriette's family is always called Henri after a FamousAncestor; she happened to be a first born girl.
** Invoked by Gilles: both his and Gabrielle's name start with the [[RuleOfSeven seventh letter of the alphabet]], and since God created the world in seven days, the two of them together will always be protected by God.
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** Doubles as a MythologyGag: Diogo's FunetikAksent in book 13 is the same as Queen Marie-Thérèse (who was also Spanish) in the author's series ''Marie-Anne, Fille du Roi'', which is how the queen's contemporaries quoted her in their writings ("u" replaced by "ou", "je" replaced by "yé"...).
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** Early on, Gilles tells Philippe of Anjou that he would like to learn Spanish and Italian, to which the young duke replies that they are dangerous languages, for they are the language one speaks to their love. [[spoiler: Gilles eventually uproots his life to follow Philippe to Spain, and then again when he stays behind in Italy to marry Giulietta]].
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*EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: The French girls are usually very popular abroad, notably in Spain, as Diogo points out that Spanish men very much enjoy French women's more revealing fashion and carefree attitude.
* LanguageBarrier: Poses a problem during Gabrielle and Diogo's first meeting, as at that point they do not have a language in common. He later learns French and she Spanish.
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--> '''Léon:''' Ah! Milady can read, write, count, sing, play the harpsichord and dance... What use does that have in a country like that!
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--> '''Léon:''' Ah! Milady M'lady can read, write, count, sing, play the harpsichord and dance... What use does that have in a country like that!
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Roman.
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* TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier: [[ShipperOnDeck Gilles]] playfully exclaims "Amor, amor!" to his Spanish friend Diogo to tease him about his crush on his sister, and she as well since the word is basically the same in French.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession during Book 13.
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* LadyInWaiting: Louise to the queen of England, Isabeau to the duchess of Bourbon, Victoire to the duchess of Burgundy and Gabrielle to the duchess of Anjou.
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* LadyInWaiting: Louise to the queen of England, Isabeau to the duchess of Bourbon, Victoire to the duchess of Burgundy and Gabrielle to the duchess queen of Anjou.Spain.
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* DistaffCounterpart: Gilles, Gabrielle's brother, attends the ''École des Pages'', which trains the pageboys and squires of the court, an institution both similar to Saint-Cyr and very different: the boys study a wider range of subjects, they get far more physical exercise, their meals are copious, rivalry and bullying are encouraged by the staff, and most importantly, they are free to leave the premises as they please during their ample free time.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Aniaba is completely smitten by his life as a French courtier, but his less lucky friend Banga comes to remind him that he did not come to France to flaunt around, but to get an army to reconquer Assinia for his people, and save his love interest from slavery. But this implies leaving Versailles and its riches...
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Aniaba FriendOrIdolDecision:
**Aniaba is completely smitten by his life as a French courtier, but his less lucky friend Banga comes to remind him that he did not come to France to flaunt around, but to get an army to reconquer Assinia for his people, and save his love interest from slavery. But this implies leaving Versailles and itsriches...riches...
**Victoire has always vowed to join Isabeau and help her educate the lesser fortunate, but Marie-Adélaïde brings the luxury and excitement of court with her and wants to bring her in it.
**Aniaba is completely smitten by his life as a French courtier, but his less lucky friend Banga comes to remind him that he did not come to France to flaunt around, but to get an army to reconquer Assinia for his people, and save his love interest from slavery. But this implies leaving Versailles and its
**Victoire has always vowed to join Isabeau and help her educate the lesser fortunate, but Marie-Adélaïde brings the luxury and excitement of court with her and wants to bring her in it.
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* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Jeanne's family, the Montesquious, are more or less distantly related to the famous musketeer D'Artagnan (the real one, not [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers the Dumas character]]).
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A significant par of the supporting cast is historical, most notably the king, Madame de Maintenon, some of the teachers, the members of the court and a few others. While some of the narrators' names were actually lifted from a list of the students of Saint-Cyr, only Louise and Aniaba really existed.
* HistoricalInJoke: While the exact origins of the British anthem "God Save the King" are not known, Book 1 adheres to the theory that it was composed in France, and performed in Saint-Cyr for Louis XIV.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A significant par of the supporting cast is historical, most notably the king, Madame de Maintenon, some of the teachers, the members of the court and a few others. While some of the narrators' names were actually lifted from a list of the students of Saint-Cyr, only Louise and Aniaba really existed.
* HistoricalInJoke: While the exact origins of the British anthem "God Save the King" are not known, Book 1 adheres to the theory that it was composed in France, and performed in Saint-Cyr for Louis XIV.
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* HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative:
** Jeanne's family, the Montesquious, are more or less distantly related to the famous musketeer D'Artagnan (the real one, not [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers the Dumas character]]).
** Gabrielle's mother is the cousin of the Princess des Ursins, who guaranteed Louis XIV's influence in Spain during his grandson's early reign and ruled the country through him for over a decade.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A significant par of the supporting cast is historical, most notably the king, Madame de Maintenon, some of the teachers, the members of the court and a few others. While some of the narrators' names were actually lifted from a list of the students of Saint-Cyr, onlyLouise and Louise, Aniaba and Marie-Adélaïde really existed.
*HistoricalInJoke: HistoricalInJoke:
** While the exact origins of the British anthem "God Save the King" are not known, Book 1 adheres to the theory that it was composed in France, and performed in Saint-Cyr for LouisXIV.XIV.
** The joke oath of devotion Philippe V received from one of his pages as a child is fully quoted and here written by Gilles.
** Jeanne's family, the Montesquious, are more or less distantly related to the famous musketeer D'Artagnan (the real one, not [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers the Dumas character]]).
** Gabrielle's mother is the cousin of the Princess des Ursins, who guaranteed Louis XIV's influence in Spain during his grandson's early reign and ruled the country through him for over a decade.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A significant par of the supporting cast is historical, most notably the king, Madame de Maintenon, some of the teachers, the members of the court and a few others. While some of the narrators' names were actually lifted from a list of the students of Saint-Cyr, only
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** While the exact origins of the British anthem "God Save the King" are not known, Book 1 adheres to the theory that it was composed in France, and performed in Saint-Cyr for Louis
** The joke oath of devotion Philippe V received from one of his pages as a child is fully quoted and here written by Gilles.
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* HoYay: Aniaba and Gabriel are fencing partners, they go drink together, and Gabriel killed a man to defend Aniaba's honor. Of course, by the end of the book, both are married to women they love.
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* TheOneGuy: Aniaba is the only male character with a first-person point of view in 14 books, 12 of which have a female first-person narrator.
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* TheOneGuy: All of the books (bar 1 and 14) have at least one female narrator; Aniaba is and Gilles are the only male character men with a first-person point of view of their own (the first in 14 books, 12 of which have a female first-person narrator.Adélaïde's book and the second in Gabrielle's).
*ThemeFamilyNaming:
** The first born of Henriette's family is always called Henri after a FamousAncestor; she happened to be a first born girl.
** Invoked by Gilles: both his and Gabrielle's name start with the [[RuleOfSeven seventh letter of the alphabet]], and since God created the world in seven days, the two of them together will always be protected by God.
** The first born of Henriette's family is always called Henri after a FamousAncestor; she happened to be a first born girl.
** Invoked by Gilles: both his and Gabrielle's name start with the [[RuleOfSeven seventh letter of the alphabet]], and since God created the world in seven days, the two of them together will always be protected by God.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: In Book 8, Gertrude's and Anne's stories are told in alternating chapters.
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** In Book 8, Gertrude's and Anne's stories are told in alternatingchapters.chapters. Gabrielle and Gilles's as well in Book 13.
** In Book 8, Gertrude's and Anne's stories are told in alternating
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** Eugène mentions that Madame de Lestrange and his mother are roughly the same age and so she can borrow her passport. However, Eugène is in his early 40's and Héloïse, Madame de Lestrange's eldest child, in her mid-20's at most. Even if Madame Dunoyer had been pregnant very early and Madame de Lestrange comparatively late, the numbers don't quite add up.
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** Eugène mentions that Madame de Lestrange and his mother are roughly the same age and so she can borrow her passport. However, Eugène is in his early 40's forties and Héloïse, Madame de Lestrange's eldest child, in her mid-20's mid-twenties at most. Even if Madame Dunoyer had been pregnant very early and Madame de Lestrange comparatively late, the numbers don't quite add up.
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*** In fact, every time a student of Saint-Cyr is named, expect her to have a book of her own. At this point, only three students have been named without receiving a POV book: Rose-Blanche de Peyrolles, Rosalie de Forban-Gardanne, and Marianne de Compigny.
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*** In fact, every time a student of Saint-Cyr is named, expect her to have a book of her own. At this point, only three four students have been named appeared without receiving a POV book: Rose-Blanche de Peyrolles, Rosalie de Forban-Gardanne, Euphémie de Brunet and Marianne de Compigny.
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* DramaticIrony:
** After hearing that the court of Madrid is a nest of vipers and that her own aunt, the queen of Spain, was likely poisonned there, Marie-Louise claims that she would love to be queen of Spain. She eventually was, through the mess of the UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession, and she died there at twenty-six.
** Marie-Adélaïde claims that the Duke of Chartres is a fool for being disappointed in [[WantedASonInstead having sired a daughter]], since the King has too many heirs for him, his nephew, to ever be anywhere in line to the throne and rule France. Philippe, duke of Chartres and later Orléans, was never king... but he did rule France as regent for Marie-Adélaïde's own son.
** After hearing that the court of Madrid is a nest of vipers and that her own aunt, the queen of Spain, was likely poisonned there, Marie-Louise claims that she would love to be queen of Spain. She eventually was, through the mess of the UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession, and she died there at twenty-six.
** Marie-Adélaïde claims that the Duke of Chartres is a fool for being disappointed in [[WantedASonInstead having sired a daughter]], since the King has too many heirs for him, his nephew, to ever be anywhere in line to the throne and rule France. Philippe, duke of Chartres and later Orléans, was never king... but he did rule France as regent for Marie-Adélaïde's own son.
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** Both Marie-Adélaïde and Marie-Louise of Savoy died in their mid-twenties, a mere decade after their oh so hopeful appearances in Victoire and Gabrielle's books.
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Eléonore and Johann first have trouble communicating due to her speaking French and him German. Most of the girls also come from provinces with their own languages and have to learn how to speak French (notably, Isabeau, Victoire, Gabrielle and Rose-Blanche speak Occitan; Hortense speaks Breton).
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Eléonore and Johann first have trouble communicating due to her speaking French and him German. Most of the girls also come from provinces with their own languages and have to learn how to speak French in Saint-Cyr (notably, Isabeau, Victoire, Gabrielle and Rose-Blanche speak Occitan; Occitan, and Hortense speaks Breton).
