> I've been 'idly' re-reading my Vladiad -- you know, I really despise that term, but I can't come up with a better one -- and, in Teckla, I came across another reference as Vlad being the Baronet of Taltos ... but then, Kelly calls Noish-Pa 'Taltos', so perhaps the Baronetcy was renamed? > > Anyhow, not really what I wanted to come out with, here. Strange things making connections in my head, though -- have parallels ever been drawn between the sequence of events through Teckla and Phoenix to the abortive student revolt of 1832, portrayed in 'Les Miserables'? Admittedly, Kelly's organization actually manages to make it a bit further, as it were, but still ... > > > --------------------------------- The Vladology? The thing is, given the Author's extensive study of politics and history, it could be based on several different revolutionary attempts. Although Vlad is pretty miserable throughout that book. Jeff -tends to be more evolutionary than revolutionary