Pyramid Pick: Nations of Théah: Book Three, Montaigne (for 7th Sea)

Pyramid Pick

Nations of Théah: Book Three, Montaigne (for 7th Sea)

Published by Alderac Entertainment Group

Written by Kevin Wilson

128 pages, $19.95

If you are following the progression of the Nations of Théah series, you are witnessing the fruition of something that was only hinted at in the core 7th Sea books. You can see that the countries that make up Théah's landscape are more than separate cultures with political boundaries. They are the embodiment of swashbuckling ideas and traditions.

The Pirate Nations explored swashbuckling on the high seas, clearly inspired by Errol Flynn movies and Rafael Sabatini novels. Avalon was about heroic fairy tales and the power of legends and myth. Now we have Nations of Théah: Book Three, Montaigne, a sourcebook that captures the bravado spirit of swashbuckling found in The Three Musketeers and other works by Alexandre Dumas (who is among those the book is dedicated to).

The first chapter deals with the history, people, and places of Montaigne. As you may or may not know, the nations of Théah have very loose parallels to the nations of Europe around and during the Restoration period. With that in mind, it is safe to say that Montaigne is a distant cousin, twice removed, of France. It is an incredibly wealthy nation that the world looks to as a trend setter in everything from fashion to art to military maneuvers.

The country is divided into fifteen provinces. These provinces are governed by noble families but ultimately . . .

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Article publication date: March 17, 2000

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