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* ChekhovsSkill: Bess mentions early on that Ascham is a keen student of the long bow[[note]]the real Ascham even wrote a book on the subject[[/note]], and usually carried one whilst travelling. [[spoiler: Naturally, he uses one to save Bess from the fiend towards the end of the novel.]]
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* ChekhovsSkill: Bess mentions early on that Ascham is a keen student of the long bow[[note]]the real Ascham even wrote a book on the subject[[/note]], and usually carried carries one whilst travelling. [[spoiler: Naturally, he uses one to save Bess from the fiend towards the end of the novel.]]]]
** Early in the novel, Ascham shows Bess a simple self defence technique of poking at an opponent's eyes with one's fingers, primarily as a means of disorienting them long enough to escape. She tries to use this against [[spoiler:the fiend]] in the novel's climax, and while it's initially effective, it doesn't actually stop [[spoiler:him]] long enough for Bess to get away.
** Early in the novel, Ascham shows Bess a simple self defence technique of poking at an opponent's eyes with one's fingers, primarily as a means of disorienting them long enough to escape. She tries to use this against [[spoiler:the fiend]] in the novel's climax, and while it's initially effective, it doesn't actually stop [[spoiler:him]] long enough for Bess to get away.
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* GoldDigger: Elsie outright tells Bess that her intention is to seduce Crown Prince Selim, with the hopes that he'll make her his bride, so that she can become a princess (and, later, a queen) and spend her life in the lap of luxury. [[spoiler:It ''really'' doesn't end well for her.]]
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction: ''The Tournament'', being based around a murder plot in the 16th century. The two short stories involving Roger Ascham also count, with him investigating the disappearance of a prostitute in one and a threat towards Queen Elizabeth in the other.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Quite a few in ''The Tournament'': UsefulNotes/ElizabethI, Roger Ascham, [[UsefulNotes/SuleimanTheMagnificent Sultan Suleiman]], [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]], UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible...
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction: ''The Tournament'', being based around a murder plot in the 16th century. The two short stories involving Roger Ascham also count, with him investigating the disappearance of a prostitute in one and a threat towards Queen Elizabeth in the other.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Quite a few in ''The Tournament'': UsefulNotes/ElizabethI, Roger Ascham, [[UsefulNotes/SuleimanTheMagnificent Sultan Suleiman]], [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]], UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible...
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* GoldDigger: Elsie outright tells Bess that her intention is to seduce Crown Prince Selim, with the hopes that he'll make her his bride, so that she can become a princess (and, later, a queen) and spend her life in the lap of luxury. [[spoiler:It ''really'' doesn't [[SexSlave end well well]] for her.her, although she is thankfully saved by Ascham, Bess and Giles.]]
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction:''The Tournament'', being The story is based around a murder plot in the 16th century. The two short stories involving Roger Ascham also count, with him investigating the disappearance of a prostitute in one and a threat towards Queen Elizabeth in the other.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Quite afew in ''The Tournament'': few: UsefulNotes/ElizabethI, Roger Ascham, [[UsefulNotes/SuleimanTheMagnificent Sultan Suleiman]], [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]], UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible...
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* ReallyGetsAround: Elsie, to a frankly almost ridiculous level. The section detailing the group's journey from England to Constantinople alone implies that she manages to find a random partner nearly ''every night'' that they're travelling - on a trip that lasts over a ''month''.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople:''The Tournament'' The novel is narrated by a thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Tudor, and also features a similarly young Ivan the Terrible.
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* PedophilePriest: Pretty much the whole delegation from [[spoiler:the Vatican]] appear to be this, but special mention has to go to [[spoiler:Cardinal Cardoza]], who couples this with DepravedHomosexual, blackmailing the wrestler Darius for sexual favours after discovering the latter's affair with [[spoiler:the Queen]]. The discovery of this, as well as the obscene displays of wealth that they indulge in, is implied to have been what started Bess's real-life disdain for [[spoiler:the Catholic Church]].
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* PedophilePriest: Pretty much the whole delegation from [[spoiler:the Vatican]] appear the Vatican appears to be this, but special mention has to go to [[spoiler:Cardinal Cardoza]], who couples this with DepravedHomosexual, blackmailing the wrestler Darius for sexual favours after discovering the latter's affair with [[spoiler:the Queen]]. The discovery of this, as well as the obscene displays of wealth that they indulge in, is implied to have been what started Bess's real-life disdain for [[spoiler:the the Catholic Church]].Church.
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* Pedophile Priest: PedophilePriest: Pretty much the whole delegation from [[spoiler:the Vatican]] appear to be this, but special mention has to go to [[spoiler:Cardinal Cardoza]], who couples this with DepravedHomosexual, blackmailing the wrestler Darius for sexual favours after discovering the latter's affair with [[spoiler:the Queen]]. The discovery of this, as well as the obscene displays of wealth that they indulge in, is implied to have been what started Bess's real-life disdain for [[spoiler:the Catholic Church]].
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* ChekhovsSkill: Bess mentions early on that Ascham is a keen student of the long bow[[note]]the real Ascham even wrote a book on the subject[[/note]], and usually carried one whilst travelling. [[spoiler: Naturally, he uses one to save Bess from the fiend towards the end of the novel.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: An undeniably dark example. The events of the book end up being critical in shaping Bess's subsequent worldview, particularly her unwillingness to marry.
* ComingOfAgeStory: An undeniably dark example. The events of the book end up being critical in shaping Bess's subsequent worldview, particularly her unwillingness to marry.
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* DepravedHomosexual: Pretty much the whole delegation from [[spoiler:the Vatican]] appear to be this, but special mention has to go to [[spoiler:Cardinal Cardoza]]. The discovery of this, as well as the obscene displays of wealth that they indulge in, is implied to have been what started Bess's later real-life disdain for [[spoiler:the Catholic Church]].
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* GoldDigger: Elsie outright tells Bess that her intention is to seduce Crown Prince Selim, with the hopes that he'll make her his bride, so that she can become a princess (and, later, a queen) and spend her life in the lap of luxury. [[spoiler:It ''really'' doesn't end well for her.]]
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''The Tournament'' is a 2013 novel by Creator/MatthewReilly. A 13-year-old [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth Tudor]] gets mixed up in a murder plot while attending a high profile chess tournament.
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''The Tournament'' is a 2013 HistoricalDetectiveFiction novel by Creator/MatthewReilly. A 13-year-old [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth Tudor]] gets and her tutor, Roger Ascham, get mixed up in a murder plot while attending a high profile chess tournament.
tournament in Constantinople. The novel explores their attempts to solve the crime while navigating all of the usual palace intrigue and dangers, made all the more risky due to the presence of representatives from some of the most powerful kingdoms on Earth, many of whom have their own hidden agendas.
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There are two free stories: The prequel "[[http://matthewreilly.com/wp-content/uploads/Roger-Ascham-and-the-Kings-Lost-Girl.pdf Roger Ascham and The King's Lost Girl]]" and the sequel "[[http://matthewreilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RA-and-the-Dead-Queens-Command.pdf Roger Ascham and the Dead Queen's Command]]".
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* CanonWelding: [[spoiler:''[[Literature/JackWest The Three Secret Cities]]'' off-handedly reveals that ''The Tournament'' is a canon historical event.
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* BadassBookworm: Roger Ascham is a SherlockHomage character in some regards.
* CanonWelding: [[spoiler:''[[Literature/JackWest The Three Secret Cities]]'' off-handedly reveals that ''The Tournament'' is a canon historical event.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Tournament'' is a ''far'' darker and more mature story than Reilly's usual work (with multiple child suicides and multiple onscreen successful sexual assualts), to the point where it's honestly hard to believe it's the same author writing it.
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction: ''The Tournament'', being based around a murder plot in the 16th century. The two short stories involving Roger Ascham also count, with him investigating the disappearance of a prostitute in one and a threat towards Queen Elizabeth in the other.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Quite a few in ''The Tournament'': UsefulNotes/ElizabethI, Roger Ascham, [[UsefulNotes/SuleimanTheMagnificent Sultan Suleiman]], [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]], UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible...
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Crown Prince Selim]], as per history, in spite of being a medieval sex trafficker. Though the postscript about the historical figures reminds us that his life was quite ignominious.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: ''The Tournament'' is narrated by a thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Tudor, and also features a similarly young Ivan the Terrible.
* CanonWelding: [[spoiler:''[[Literature/JackWest The Three Secret Cities]]'' off-handedly reveals that ''The Tournament'' is a canon historical event.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Tournament'' is a ''far'' darker and more mature story than Reilly's usual work (with multiple child suicides and multiple onscreen successful sexual assualts), to the point where it's honestly hard to believe it's the same author writing it.
* HistoricalDetectiveFiction: ''The Tournament'', being based around a murder plot in the 16th century. The two short stories involving Roger Ascham also count, with him investigating the disappearance of a prostitute in one and a threat towards Queen Elizabeth in the other.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Quite a few in ''The Tournament'': UsefulNotes/ElizabethI, Roger Ascham, [[UsefulNotes/SuleimanTheMagnificent Sultan Suleiman]], [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti Michelangelo]], UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible...
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Crown Prince Selim]], as per history, in spite of being a medieval sex trafficker. Though the postscript about the historical figures reminds us that his life was quite ignominious.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: ''The Tournament'' is narrated by a thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Tudor, and also features a similarly young Ivan the Terrible.
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