Talk:Shadows in Zamboula

There is at least ten years between "Shadows in Zamboula" and "The hour of the dragon". The very young and rather simple-minded countess Albiona in "The hour..." must have been a child at the time of "Shadows..." and can´t possibly be identical with the magic-wielding queen of Ophir spoken of. The later is obviously already then an old acquaintance of Conan. In "The vale of lost women" Conan meets an ophirean noblewoman with an interest in magic, also stygian; Livia og the house of Theletes. The last historically a jewish councillor of the illustrious queen Cleopatra. What is said about "The star of Khorala" and its powers resemble things often ascribed to both Cleopatra and Livia, wife of Augustus Caesar. That this probably is unfair to both ladies is another matter.