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His Majesty's Dragon
A Fantasy Novel by Naomi Novik
Book 1 of the Temeraire Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Alternate History,
- Military Fantasy,
- Napoleonic Wars,
- Dragon Riders
This book is for you if you're into...
- Napoleonic Wars reimagined with dragon-mounted aerial battles
- Unlikely friendships between humans and magical creatures
- Military history with a fantasy twist and detailed worldbuilding
From Little Stack
I’m a huge sucker for history, especially military history. Give me a series set in Napoleonic-era Europe but with dragon riders as aerial warfare specialists and I will absolutely binge through a nine-book series without question.
It’s richly detailed, replete with colorful and noble characters, and brings a touch of magic into one of the most fascinating eras of European history.
In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle in the Napoleonic Wars.
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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