| 1 | Also known as its subtitle, 'Being a Wholly Accurate Account of Matters Concerning Steam, Skullduggery, and the Reckless Application of Mathematics in the Late 19th Century'. A YA action/adventure comedy available online in pdf form as well as for purchase in hardback. {{Steampunk}}, with a smattering of adventure, romance, and instances of [[ForScience Science!]]. |
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| 3 | !!Tropes specific to this book include: |
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| 5 | * TheChessmaster: Count Vladimere Von Orwick, otherwise known as 'the man who makes the trains run on time'. Among his various exploits: Blackmailing a thief with a pardon notice [[spoiler: which would cause every crime they committed to be publicized--therefore putting them in mortal danger]], assigning a reckless operative to a cold case on the off-chance she'll either discover something new or get herself killed, justifying him in re-opening the case under the guise of investigating ''her'' death ("The only way I can lose is if she manages to do nothing. And considering Miss Snips’s history, I find that possibility to be the least likely of them all."), and [[spoiler: carrying an antidote for every poison imaginable on his person at all times, 'just in case'--including antidotes for at least one poison that's listed as incurable.]] |
| 6 | * TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: When the assassin is questioned as to how all his competitors died, his response is 'Cancer'. When asked precisely how cancer could decapitate someone, his response is: 'Very ''dire'' cancer'. |
| 7 | * ForScience: Pretty much everything the Daffodils do is to this end (although they apparently also have a very healthy appetite for destruction). |
| 8 | * IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer...: Williams granny to Arcadia. |
| 9 | * InWhichATropeIsDescribed |
| 10 | * MadScientist: The entire Daffodil family--except William Daffodil. |
| 11 | * ReluctantMadScientist: William Daffodil, who is terrified of his family's proclivities for mad science--and has instead dedicated himself to the far safer pursuit of 'mad mathematics'. |
| 12 | * TricksterArchetype: In some respects, Arcadia Snips. |
| 13 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Pretty much all the major villains (including [[spoiler: Nigel initially, then later Mr. Peabody and the Society for Distinguished Gentlemen.]] |
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