History Literature / AlbertCampion

* GenreAdultery: The Campion books might be billed as mystery stories, but Margery Allingham often switched between genres (helped by the fact that Campion was quite versatile). Sure, she had whodunnits and country house murders, but there were also adventure novels, thrillers, comedies of manners, secret agent thrillers, mild science fiction, and mild fantasy/horror (though because it's left ambiguously YourMileageMayVary).

* BirdsOfAFeather: Campion and Amanda are both highly energetic in mind and body, love to joke around a lot, love adventure, and are not concerned about sticking to their "proper" roles

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: To the BigBads in both 'Mystery Mile' and 'Sweet Danger'.

* GenreAdultery: The Campion books might be billed as mystery stories, but Margery Allingham often switched between genres (helped by the fact that Campion was quite versatile). Sure she had whodunnits and country house murders, but there were also adventure novels, thrillers, comedies of manners, secret agent thrillers, mild science fiction, and mild fantasy/horror (though because it's left ambiguously YourMileageMayVary).

* HeroicBsod: Campion has a mild case of this and JadeColoredGlasses for about a book and a half after seriously contemplating ignoring his ideals [[spoiler: i.e. seriously contemplating pointing the authorities toward his client so he could steal the man's wife]] but [[HesBack he's brought back to himself]] in the next book via LoveRedeems.

* TheMentallyDisturbed: Campion is occassionally taken for this.

* Telepathy: "The Mind Readers"

* WeirdAside: Campion, Amanda, Whippet, and the occassional old woman tend to do these.
* WellDressedMan: Goes with being a GentlmanDetective.

* "Mr. Campion's Falcon" (1970) by Philip Youngman Carter. Published posthumously, as Carter died in 1969.

* "The Crime at Black Dudley" (1929), also known as "The Black Dudley Murder"
* "Mystery Mile" (1930)
* "Look to the Lady" (1931), also known as "The Gyrth Chalice Mystery"
* "Police at the Funeral" (1931)

* Didn'tGetTheGirl: Until Amanda, all of the women that Campion is interested in end up falling in love with one of his [[TheLancer friends or clients]].

* IHaveManyNames: Campion has used many pseudonyms; even 'Albert Campion' itself is a pseudonym. (It's eventually revealed that his first name is Rudolph, and implied, but never outright stated, that he is really the bastard son of King George V.)

* VitriolicBestBuds: Campion and Lugg. If they're not insulting each other, then something is wrong...

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Amanda Fitton

* DidntGetTheGirl: Until Amanda, all of the women that Campion is interested in end up falling in love with one of his [[TheLancer friends or clients]].

* LightsOff,SomebodyDies: In 'The Crime at Black Dudley' and 'Death of a Ghost'.

* SpiritedYoungLady/WrenchWench: Amanda Fitton

* UnsuspectinglySoused: Campion has this done to him when BluffingTheMurderer (Type 3) he accepts a dinner invitation and is manipulated by the MagnificentBastard into having a cocktail. The cocktail however reacts with the rare wine the murderer had specially ordered at the restaurant, and causes Campion to become soused. Fortunately Campion had asked Inspector Oates for a few plain clothes policemen to watch over him, otherwise the murderer would have gotten away with pushing the inebriated Campion beneath a train.

* BodyDouble: At the end of "Mystery Mile" Campion is asked to do this [[NoodleIncident apparently again]] for a foreign prince.

* SpySpeak: A rather ingenious one involving the voluble Campion and equally voluble old woman when he needs to get information to/from his superiors during/after World War II.