Title: The phoenix guards
First published: 1991
Description: A great fantasy read, by Steven Brust. Set in the same universe as his Vlad Taltos series with a very different tone. Brust describes the book as "a blatant ripoff of The Three Musketeers."(see Wikipedia for  details and citations on this book).
The first in a five book series called The Khaavren Romances.
Subjects: American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, historical, Khaavren (fictitious character), fiction, Dragaera (imaginary place), fiction
Places: Dragarera.
People: Khaavren, Aerich, Tazendra, and Pel.
Time periods: Pre-interregnum (for Vlad Taltos fans).
LC classification: PS3552.R84 P4 1991