The Cardinal's Blades is a fantasy novel by Pierre Pevel, set in seventeenth century France.
Tropes present in the novel:[]
- Casanova: Marciac.
- The Cavalier Years: Set in seventeenth century France, contains Musketeers, dueling, etc.
- Cult: The Black Claw.
- Fake Defector: Laincourt
- Face Heel Turn: In the backstory, Louveciennes, the Comte de Pontevedra
- The Mole: Saint-Georges
- Mystical Plague: The Rance.
- Shoulder-Sized Dragon: The dragonnets.