Re: (Tears) Agent of the Terran Empire by Poul Anderson

Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2024-12-08, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
 

Agent of the Terran Empire  (Dominic Flandry, volume 1) by Poul Anderson
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-day-is-my-last

 "Honorable Enemies" is very good and Aycharaych is a great character.
The German translation was titled "Viel Feind', viel Ehr'", which
as those who know bits of German will recognize retains the "honor"
and "enemy" parts, but means something else entirely: "Many foes,
much honor".  (The often quoted motto of Landsknecht leader Georg
von Frundsberg.)
 I always thought that the background of the decaying Terran Empire
very transparently alluded to the fall of Rome, but I don't know
if there are more than general parallels.

The name eludes me, but the first emperor Flandry works with is based on Septimus Severus, the second Caracalla.
William Hyde