AFB, but the best source of info on Dragaeran history I know of (http://world.std.com/~alexx/timeline.txt) cites Preface to _Five Hundred Years After_ written "2:1/2:1/2/12" (FH 17) in Norathar II's reign. - Philip On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Steve Hubbell wrote: > I guess I have to check that, I could have sworn it was published during the > reign of Norathar II (sorry about spelling). Been a while since the last > time I read The Pheonix Guards. Maybe Cawti got her hands on an advance > copy, but I got the impression that Vlad was quite familiar with the author > and therefore Paarfi probably had several "Histories" already published at > that point. I was kind of fishing to see if SKZB might have any ideas or > maybe previously had ideas for any novels predating even the Pheonix > Guards... It would be pretty cool to get a glimpse of what really happened > back at the founding of the Empire, the start of the cycle, and the falling > out between Kieron and his siblings... > > > > > > > >From: "Noah Stacy" <nstacy at cinci.rr.com> > >To: "SKZB List" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > >Subject: Re: couple questions... > >Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:21:24 -0500 > > > > > > > > 1.) Not to far into Phoenix or maybe Teckla, Vlad enters his apartment > >and > > > finds Cawti reading one of Paarfi's "Histories"... Since The Pheonix > >Guards, > > > Five Hundred Years After, and The Viscount Trilogy were "published" > >later, > > > after the end of the Pheonix reign, what was the subject of the book > >Cawti > > > was reading? > > > >Just happen to be reading TPG at the moment; according to the 'title page,' > >it was 'Submitted To the Imperial Library... [in] the Three Hundred and > >Ninth year of the Glorious Reign of The Empress Zerika the Fourth.' > > > >N. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > >