Cordelia Ransom is a fictional character in David Weber´s Honorverse series of novels. David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author. Note This is the 'Main' article for the Honor Harrington related Book series and Sub-series by David Weber. Many people consider her to be analogous to Jean-Paul Marat, an important figure in the French Revolution. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an
A citizen of the People's Republic of Haven, Cordelia Ransom was a leading member of a radical faction called the Citizens´ Rights Union. The Republic of Haven is a fictional political entity (known as a "star nation" in the context of its fictional universe in the Honorverse, a series of Military The CRU resorted to acts of terrorism in what they believed was the defense of the God-given right to a high state-supported standard of living.
Together with Rob S. Pierre and Oscar Saint-Just, Ransom led the coup against Haven's Legislaturalist government, and became a senior member of the Committee of Public Safety installed in its place. Robert Stanton Pierre is a Fictional character in David Weber ´s Honorverse series of novels Oscar Saint-Just is a Fictional character in David Weber ´s Honorverse series of novels Her official position was Secretary for Public Information, which would give Ransom control of the People's Republic media and censorship apparatus.
She was considered a skillful propagandist and an expert on managing the mob's emotions, but the more level-headed Pierre and Saint-Just noted that Ransom had extremely radical opinions about politics and economics. Her rhetoric had a distinct resemblance to Communist propaganda, and, as Admiral Thomas Theisman noted, she believed her own propaganda. Admiral Thomas Edward Theisman is a Fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of Military science fiction Novels written by American
Cordelia Ransom used the capture of Honor Harrington as a propaganda weapon against Manticore and personally took Harrington to her scheduled execution on the planet Hades, but she died during Harrington's escape when her personal battlecruiser PNS Tepes was destroyed with all hands. Honor Stephanie Harrington is a Fictional character, the Eponymous heroine of a series of Science fiction books set in the " Honorverse