LV's Choice: Potters or Longbottoms or Both?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 99117

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "naamagatus" <naama_gat at h...> 
wrote:

Naama;
> For your theory to be correct, we must assume that the Longbottoms 
> were attacked almost immediately after the Potters' death, since 
> within a day or two it was known all over the WW that Voldemort had 
> been vanquished by Harry Potter. But according to canon, the 
> Longbottoms were attacked a long time (years) after Voldemort's 
> downfall. 

Geoff:
Unless I've missed something, canon is rather vague about the 
timescale...

'"The Longbottoms were very popular," said Dumbledor. "The attacks on 
them came after Voldemort's fall from power just when everyone 
thought they were safe.'"

(GOF "The Pensieve" p.524 UK edition)