I recall reading a commentary that said:
Manitcore = Victorian England
Basilisk = American Colonies
Grayson = Meiji Japan
Haven = Revolutionary France
Solarian League = No analogue. Created to be the 1-ton gorilla in the corner.
Who are the Honorverse members
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Others:Jered wrote:Rob. S. Pierre kind of gives it away.
Oscar Saint-Just = Louis de Saint-Just
Cordelia Ransom = Jean-Paul Marat
Admiral Thomas Edward Theisman = Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
Admiral Esther McQueen = Napoleon Bonaparte*
*The difference is, McQueen failed in her attempted coup, while Napoleon succeeded.
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Re: Who are the Honorverse members
And the little physics experiment that Horace Harkness arranged for Ms. Ransom was certainly less painful, if no less of a surprise, than Marat getting stabbed while in the bathtub.HTRN wrote:Others:Jered wrote:Rob. S. Pierre kind of gives it away.
Oscar Saint-Just = Louis de Saint-Just
Cordelia Ransom = Jean-Paul Marat
Admiral Thomas Edward Theisman = Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette
Admiral Esther McQueen = Napoleon Bonaparte*
*The difference is, McQueen failed in her attempted coup, while Napoleon succeeded.
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Solarian League = Spain + Portugal?
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