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Meanwhile, the attention of the British government is focused on Herzoslovakia, because oil has been found there. Herzoslovakia has been a republic since King Nicholas IV and his queen Varaga were murdered seven years before. The Brits, who want that oil, hope to restore the House of Obolovich and are in negotiations with Prince Michael, heir to the throne. Negotiations are underway at "Chimneys", the country house of Lord Caterham. Those negotiations are derailed by a murder...and there's another murder, and an international jewel thief named King Victor, and a missing diamond, and all sorts of complications.

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Meanwhile, the attention of the British government is focused on Herzoslovakia, because oil has been found there. Herzoslovakia has been a republic since King Nicholas IV and his queen Varaga were murdered seven years before. The Brits, who want that oil, hope to restore the House of Obolovich Obolovitch and are in negotiations with Prince Michael, heir to the throne. Negotiations are underway at "Chimneys", the country house of Lord Caterham. Those negotiations are derailed by a murder...and there's another murder, and an international jewel thief named King Victor, and a missing diamond, and all sorts of complications.



* ContrivedCoincidence: It's pretty remarkable that of all the people Jimmy [=McGrath=] could have asked in Africa to take Count Stylptitch's memoir to London, he manages to ask Anthony, who is [[spoiler:eventually revealed to be Prince Nicholas Obolovich of Herzoslovakia, living under an assumed identity.]]

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* ContrivedCoincidence: It's pretty remarkable that of all the people Jimmy [=McGrath=] could have asked in Africa to take Count Stylptitch's memoir to London, he manages to ask Anthony, who is [[spoiler:eventually revealed to be Prince Nicholas Obolovich Obolovitch of Herzoslovakia, living under an assumed identity.]]



* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:After Anthony Cade reveals himself as Prince Nicholas Obolavitch]], he claims he believes in democracy and equality, but also believes that people won't naturally move in that direction, or at least not very quickly. He intends to accomplish this by force.

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* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:After Anthony Cade reveals himself as Prince Nicholas Obolavitch]], Obolovitch]], he claims he believes in democracy and equality, but also believes that people won't naturally move in that direction, or at least not very quickly. He intends to accomplish this by force.

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