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His Majesty's Dragon begins at the end of a victorious battle. Captain William Laurence of the British Navy boards the enemy French ship and finds treasure beyond imaginging - a dragon egg. Dragons are used by the various world militaries as a sort of aerial unit in this Napoleonic alternate history, and the British have few, making the discovery all the more important. Unfortunately for Laurence, his Navy career looks to be ruined when the dragon, dubbed Temeraire by Laurence, hatches and immed
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4.5 stars. I loved a lot of this book. It's Britain v. France in the Napoleonic wars plus dragons. If you know anything about me, you'll know that the best part was, of course, the dragons. Temeraire (the main dragon) is amazing and beautiful and reminds me so much of Ruth in Anne McCaffrey's The White Dragon it hurts. The rest of the book, the history bits and the navy stuff were good too but got a bit boring at times. The world building, however, is excellent. Novik builds an entire history an
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I love this alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars with dragons! Like Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, the dragons have to be bonded to a specific dragon rider, which I also loved because I much prefer the idea of dragons being sentient beings who develop relationships with people, rather than mere animals being bent to human will. This first installment does an amazing job of setting up the world, the way that dragons are integrated into society, and a little tiny bit of historical accuracy. Whi
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This was so not what I expected. I opened the book without having read the blurb, as it was recommended to me by someone whose tastes I trust, and was fully prepared for magic and fantasy and all such things. What I really got was a military book that takes place during the Napoleonic wars and just happened to have dragons in it. I thoroughly enjoyed this and am I glad to see it's part of a series!
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finished 10/31/13
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reread 9/7/16
Really refreshing.
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