tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post237608926853633633..comments2024-03-26T15:10:55.199-05:00Comments on The Royal Blog of Oz: Daughters of DestinyJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766446206846532440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-31826120508275363172013-08-16T08:29:04.257-05:002013-08-16T08:29:04.257-05:00Eric is correct. I presented a paper on Daughters...Eric is correct. I presented a paper on Daughters of Destiny at the Oz gathering at Fresno and he did base this novel (very loosely) on a real place although the dynastic succession issues he describes are fictional.Judynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18996311.post-22632979254839681532013-04-29T06:44:48.344-05:002013-04-29T06:44:48.344-05:00Baluchistan is not a fictional country — sort of. ...Baluchistan is not a fictional country — sort of. It's an actual region of Iran (or Persia, as it would have been know then) that extends into modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan. I don't know all of the details, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that at the turn of the twentieth century, it was on the verge of becoming its own country. So <i>Daughters of Destiny</i> actually does have its roots embedded in real world events, much like <i>The Fate of a Crown</i>, the other book by "Schuyler Staunton".Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328723961556156210noreply@blogger.com