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* HandcuffedBriefcase: Both the various US military intelligence agencies and the Federal Bureau of Security are noted to do this. The Black Chamber ''don't'', feeling that it's an obvious sign for, "I am carrying important documents".
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* SombreroEqualsMexican: Used in some posters in universe. Luz, who's half-Cuban and disguised as a Mexican businesswoman when she sees them is sarcastic in both her inward and outward dialogue.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Played with. Luz is careful to always refer to African-Americans with the latest and politist term. Which, in 1920, is Negro.
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: Whenever the Kaiser of Germany is mentioned, it's usually added that he occasionally gets to chose what to eat for dinner.
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* SkyPirates: One of the many ills plaguing China.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Luz speaks Spanish and English natively, and can speak German well enough to pass for German, French, and several Chinese dialects fluently enough to carry on colloquial conversation.
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* WretchedHive: Shanghai.
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* WrenchWench: Ciara O'Malley's a genius with anything mechanical.
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* AuthorAppeal: [[spoiler: Luz and Ciara O'Malley have a lesbian relationship.]]
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* AuthorAppeal: [[spoiler: Zeppelins, Food Porn[[spoiler: and Luz and Ciara O'Malley have a lesbian relationship.]]
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* RedScare: Averted. There is no communist revolution in Russia. In fact the US is probably the most left wing significant nation.
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Unfortunately one of the consequences of this is Germany also spending more money and government on scientific research, including the discovery of a [[WeaponOfMassDestruction certain little chemical.
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* EliteAgentsAboveTheLaw: The Black Chamber is not a restrained group
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* EagleLand: VERY mixedflavour.flavor. It's early 20th century America. In some ways it's a lot better than OTL. In other ways it's heading in a VERY scary direction.
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* EnemyMine: The Republican party is racist, but a second reconstruction is a great way to attack the Southern Democrats and earn the alliegence of the black reenfranchised voters.
* EagleLand: VERY mixed
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* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: It's conquered Mexico and doesn't seem inclinded inclined to let it go [[spoiler:and after the first book incorporates Canada.]]]]
* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: A great way to have the conflicts resolved by secret agents.
* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: A great way to have the conflicts resolved by secret agents.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Imperialism is pretty much universal. Often the Occupied have to choose the less unpleasant imperialists. The more unpleasant ones gas those who make an excessive nuisance of themselves.
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* PermanentElectedOfficial: Even though he is winning the elections legitimately, it's alarming the lock Roosevelt has on the Presidency.
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* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: [[spoiler: After the German conquest of France, the surviving French evacuate as much as possible to Algeria. However there is not enough food for both the French and the Algerians.]]
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: [[spoiler: After the German conquest of France, the surviving French evacuate as much as possible to Algeria. However there is not enough food for both the French and the Algerians.]]
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Another consequence is the development of the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Black Chamber, Chamber]], a rather unfettered spy agency.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The protagonists work for a very dubious agency in an America that is heading in a very scary direction. The enemies are worse.
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Another consequence is the development of the Black Chamber, a rather unfettered spy agency.
The story follows the adventures of Luz O’Malley, an agent for the Black Chamber.
The story follows the adventures of Luz O’Malley, an agent for the Black Chamber.
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* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: It's conquered Mexico and doesn't seem inclinded to let it go [[spoiler:and after the first book incorporates Canada.]]
* SpaceFillingEmpire: It's not a timeline that is favorable to small countrises without powerful 'protectors'.
* SpyFiction: Unusually mixed flavour. One gets the impression that the author has strong StaleBeer tendencies but wanted to create a world where TuxedoAndMartini could be plausible.
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: It's a Stirling story.
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The Black Chamber is an AlternateHistory Spy thriller series written by [[Creator/SMStirling]]. [[Creator/SMStirling S.M. Stirling]]. It starts when [[UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft]] [[UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft William Taft]] dies before being able to contest the 1912 election. As a result [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt]] [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt Theodore Roosevelt]] locks down the Republican nomination, and steers it heavily in the direction of early 20th century Progressivism.
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