Volume IV is Young Flandry. Volume VII, Flandry's Legacy, features Admiral Flandry and the post-Flandry periods. Thus, the earlier-written Captain Flandry series is collected in Volume V, Captain Flandry: Defender of the Terran Empire, and Volume VI, Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra.
Captain Flandry began in "Tiger by the Tail" (1951) and ended in A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (1974).
In "Tiger...," Flandry:
visits the extra-solar planet, Scotha, inhabited by horned humanoids;
has an ambiguous relationship with the Scothan Queen Gunli;
foments revolutions that destroy the Scothanian interstellar empire;
thus, prevents Scothanian attack on the Terran Empire.
In A Knight..., Flandry:
has been knighted;
so far, has avoided promotion to Admiral;
visits the extra-solar planet, Dennitza, colonized by human beings and Merseians;
becomes engaged to the niece of the Dennitzan head of state;
prevents Dennitzan secession from the Terran Empire.
Thus, there are some parallels between the original short story and the eventual novel.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
But Flandry received the rare honor of a knighthood long before A KNIGHT OF GHOSTS AND SHADOWS. We first see him addressed as "Sir Dominic" in "Honorable Enemies."
I think it was mentioned somewhere Flandry was knighted because of how he scotched the Scothan threat.*
Ad astra! Sean
*Apologies for the bad semi-pun!
Sean,
Thank you for pointing out that there was a pun.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I wasn't sure it would be noticed!
Ad astra! Sean
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