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  • I really enjoyed this book. It's a re-telling of the Napoleonic wars, but with dragons (so they have an airforce). I don't know a lot about military command relationships, so I don't know how realistic that was, and some of the inter-personal relationships were a little strained, but his relationsh ... Continue

    I really enjoyed this book. It's a re-telling of the Napoleonic wars, but with dragons (so they have an airforce). I don't know a lot about military command relationships, so I don't know how realistic that was, and some of the inter-personal relationships were a little strained, but his relationship with his dragon was believable. Although I'm not a big fan of battle scenes in general, the rest of the book made up for it.

    

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  • Even though it wasn't so impressing, I enjoyed reading "His Majesty's Dragon". In my opinion, it was a "light" book with slightly detailed characters, and cliches that you can find in any average fantasy book. However, the alternate history featuring a medley of Napoleonic Wars era and dragon lore w ... Continue

    Even though it wasn't so impressing, I enjoyed reading "His Majesty's Dragon". In my opinion, it was a "light" book with slightly detailed characters, and cliches that you can find in any average fantasy book. However, the alternate history featuring a medley of Napoleonic Wars era and dragon lore was an interesting idea, which makes it a nice bed time read. I may read the rest of the series after this one...

    

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• ― marillion said on May 19, 2007 | Add your feedback

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.

When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future–and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.

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