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13 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
The Crimes of England
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_reformation
character/frederick_the_great
character/napoleon
character/napoleon_iii
character/bismarck
character/william_cobbett
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
character/duke_of_wellington
character/blucher
character/lord_salisbury
character/garibaldi
character/carlyle
character/maria_theresa
character/william_pitt
character/castlereagh
character/hans_andersen
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/slavery
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/class_conflict
concept/common_man
topos/sleeper_awakes
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
topos/world_upside_down
motif/machine
motif/horse
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/blood
setting/germany
setting/denmark
setting/italy
setting/russia
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
setting/battlefield
setting/ireland
archetype/tyrant
archetype/villain
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/hero
archetype/common_man_2
form/apologetics
histref/french_revolution
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/thirty_years_war
histref/irish_question
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
The Tragedy of the Korosko
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/adventure_fiction
form/novel
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/fear
concept/courage
concept/fanaticism
motif/desert
motif/journey
motif/swords_and_weapons
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/british_empire
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/orient
character/miss_sadie_adams
character/colonel_cochrane_cochrane
character/james_stephens
character/cecil_brown
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
archetype/quest_hero
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Knew Too Much
graph/work
author/chesterton
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/justice
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/disillusionment
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
archetype/detective
archetype/corrupt_official
character/horne_fisher
character/harold_march
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/last_stand
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/secrets
motif/silence
motif/well
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/swords_and_weapons
setting/rural_england
setting/castle
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
archetype/martyr_saint
histref/irish_question
histref/first_world_war
Jul 24, 2026
The Great Boer War
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/essay
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/justice_right_and_wrong
concept/freedom_and_liberty
motif/blood
motif/horse
histref/boer_war_second_south_african_war
histref/british_empire
histref/second_boer_war
setting/south_africa
setting/battlefield
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
graph/work
setting/europe
author/conan_doyle
form/short_story
form/satire
form/adventure_fiction
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/vanity
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/revenge
motif/horse
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/fire
histref/napoleon
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
setting/poland
setting/battlefield
character/brigadier_gerard
character/napoleon_bonaparte
archetype/hero
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
The British Campaign in France and Flanders (Volumes I-VI)
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/essay
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/courage
concept/endurance
motif/blood
motif/flags_and_banners
histref/first_world_war
histref/british_empire
histref/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
setting/continental_europe_brussels
setting/battlefield
setting/france
archetype/hero
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
Songs of Action
graph/work
author/conan_doyle
form/ballad_ballade
form/narrative_poem
form/comic_verse_song
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/courage
concept/endurance
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/horse
motif/music_and_song
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/british_empire
setting/battlefield
setting/continental_europe_brussels
archetype/hero
archetype/avenger
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand
Jul 24, 2026
Six British Battles
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/belloc
form/history
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/courage
motif/battlefield_2
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/flags_and_banners
histref/hundred_years_war
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/french_revolution
histref/british_empire
setting/battlefield
setting/france
setting/military_camp
character/napoleon
character/duke_of_wellington
character/edward_the_black_prince
character/louis_xiv
archetype/hero
archetype/tragic_hero
topos/last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
Jul 24, 2026
The New Jerusalem
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/travel_writing
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/the_crusades
histref/eastern_religion
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/exile
concept/paradox
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
setting/the_orient
character/christ
character/satan
character/saladin
character/godfrey_de_bouillon
character/richard_the_lionheart
character/st_george
character/judas_iscariot
character/dr_weizmann
concept/slavery
concept/democracy
concept/fanaticism
concept/class_conflict
concept/supernatural_2
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/distributism
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/zionism
topos/world_upside_down
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/snow
motif/lion
motif/crown
motif/journey
motif/dragon
setting/desert
setting/egypt
setting/ancient_rome_2
setting/paris
setting/london
archetype/prophet
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/apologetics
histref/islam
histref/orient_arabia
histref/first_world_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
Lord Kitchener
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/biography
concept/heroism
concept/honour
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/the_first_world_war
archetype/hero
concept/the_common_man
motif/the_sea
motif/crown
character/kitchener
character/charles_gordon
character/marchand
character/botha
character/the_mahdi
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/conversion
concept/masculinity_and_the_male_code
concept/self_sacrifice
concept/reconciliation
concept/greatness
concept/silence_2
concept/martyrdom
topos/last_stand
topos/combat_strife
topos/open_road_homecoming
topos/night_journey_vision
motif/machine
motif/silence
motif/drums_and_bugles
motif/river
motif/ship_2
motif/light_and_dark
motif/blood
setting/egypt
setting/desert
setting/russia
setting/battlefield
setting/sea_2
setting/ship
setting/south_africa
archetype/tragic_hero
archetype/avenger
archetype/prophet
archetype/martyr_saint
form/sketch
form/elegy
histref/islam_and_the_east
histref/crusades
histref/irish_question
Jul 24, 2026
The Deluge
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/faith
histref/the_bible
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/wine_and_drink
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/humility
form/lyric
form/ballad
concept/courage
concept/apocalypse
concept/sublime
concept/providence
concept/wonder_and_terror
topos/last_stand
topos/sublime_in_nature
motif/swords_and_weapons
archetype/common_man_2
Jul 24, 2026
The Ball and the Cross
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/novel
form/allegory
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/faith
concept/doubt
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/madness
concept/temptation
concept/satire_of_society
topos/the_quest
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_war
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_cross
motif/fire
motif/the_sea
motif/the_journey
motif/madness
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
setting/scotland
setting/london
character/satan
character/evan_maclan
character/james_turnbull
character/lucifer
character/father_michael
character/madeleine_durand
character/beatrice_drake
character/count_gregory
character/camille_bert
character/cumberland_vane
character/wilkinson
character/doctor_hutton
character/doctor_quayle
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/romantic_love
concept/reconciliation
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/locus_amoenus
topos/last_stand
motif/dreams
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/garden
setting/garden_2
setting/ship
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/lover
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/satire
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
A Glimpse of the Army
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/conan_doyle
form/travel_writing
form/sketch
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/empire_and_imperialism
concept/suffering_and_pain
concept/mortality
motif/fire
motif/blood
histref/boer_war_second_south_african_war
histref/british_empire
setting/south_africa
setting/battlefield
setting/military_camp
archetype/hero
topos/war_as_glory
topos/last_stand