History Literature / TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl

-->[[spoiler: Margaret Trelawny: "Princess of Isis, Queen of Egypt, accept our sacrifice!"]]

** Moreso, [[spoiler: Moriarty and Raymond's]] reactions to that line.

* MedalsForEveryone: In the final chapter, [[spoiler: Queen Victoria herself visits the Athena Club and gives them all medals for service to the commonwealth.]]

--> Mary: Help me! I have to get to Sherlock!
--> Justine: Mary, what are you going to do?
--> Mary: I don't know! I'll think of something!

-->[[spoiler: Margaret Trelawny: "Princess of Isis, Queen of Egypt, accept our sacrifice!"
** or moreso, Moriarty and Raymond's reactions to this line.]]

-->[[spoiler: Margaret Trelawny: "Princess of Isis, Queen of Egypt, accept our sacrifice!" or moreso, Moriarty and Raymond's reactions to this line.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Princess of Isis, Queen of Egypt, accept our sacrifice!" or moreso, Moriarty and Raymond's reactions to this line.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the second half of the book, [[spoiler: Helen Raymond becomes much more loving toward Alice/Lydia even than she was in the first volume, and Margaret Trelawny shoots Helen in the final battle when she comforts Alice instead of helping in the fight.]] She is still partially responsible for the girls who died in Whitechapel back in the first book, though.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: In the second half of the book, Helen Raymond becomes much more loving toward Alice/Lydia even than she was in the first volume, and Margaret Trelawny shoots Helen in the final battle when she comforts Alice instead of helping in the fight. Mrs. Raymond is still partially responsible for the girls who died in Whitechapel back in the first book, though.]]

* DesignatedGirlFight: Inverted. In the [[spoiler: Battle of Kyllion Keep]], 12 of the 13 participants (except Sherlock Holmes) are women.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Queen Victoria is the target of the plot by the villains [[spoiler: and has a cameo at the end]].

* PerceptionFilter: The most common use of mesmeric waves. Mrs. Raymond, Queen Tera, and [[spoiler: Alice]] use their mesmeric powers to make people's appearances change, people invisible, or once, an entire castle invisible.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler: In the battle of Kyllion Keep, Queen Tera's illusions make Beatrice, Justine, Catherine, and Lucinda think back on how they were created and the four of them internally ask whether they still deserve to exist.]]

* [[UsefulNotes/Cornwall]]: Nearly the entire second volume takes place in Cornwall.

* UsefulNotes/Cornwall: Nearly the entire second volume takes place in Cornwall.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler: In the battle of Kyllion Keep, Queen Tera's illusions make Beatrice, Justine, Catherine, and Lucinda think back on how they were created.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Princess of Isis, Queen of Egypt, accept our sacrifice!" or moreso, Moriarty and Raymond's reactions to this line.]]

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Mary and Sherlock]].

--> *Mary*: Help me! I have to get to Sherlock!

--> Mary: Help me! I have to get to Sherlock!

* IndyPloy: Attempted by [[TheStrategist ''Mary'']] of all people at the British Museum.

* IndyPloy: Attempted by ''Mary'' of all people at the British Museum.

* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: Required for the resurrection of Queen Tera. See AssholeVictim above.]]

* DesignatedGirlFight: Inverted. In the [[spoiler: Battle of Kyllion Keep]], every participant (of which there are 13) except Sherlock Holmes is a woman.

* [[OffWithHisHead Off with Her Head!]]