Throne of Jade

, #2

Hardcover, 400 pages

Published May 13, 2006 by Voyager.

ISBN:
978-0-00-721912-4
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4 stars (7 reviews)

Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars.Captain Will Laurence has been at sea since he was just twelve years old; finding a warmer berth in Nelson's navy than any he enjoyed as the youngest, least important son of Lord Allendale. Rising on merit to captain his own vessel, Laurence has earned himself a beautiful fiancee, society's esteem and a golden future. But the war is not going well. It seems Britain can only wait as Napoleon plans to overrun her shores.After a skirmish with a French ship, Laurence finds himself in charge of a rare cargo: a dragon egg bound for the Emperor himself. Dragons are much prized: properly trained, they can mount a fearsome attack from the skies. One of …

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Wie Patrick O'Brien, aber mit Drachen, so hatte ich die Reihe anderswo beschrieben gesehen und war sofort überzeugt. Leider war es dann doch nicht wie Patrick O'Brien, sondern eher wie "Midshipman Hornblower", also schon ähnlich, aber unbefriedigend. Am interessantesten fand ich noch, wie man aus den Reaktionen des in der Navy aufgewachsenen Captain Laurence auf die Umgangsformen im Aerial Corps indirekt manchmal etwas über die herrschenden Sitten erfährt. Und natürlich ist es sehr gut, dass sich endlich jemand der Frage angenommen hat, wie die Battle of Trafalgar verlaufen wäre, wenn Drachen beteiligt gewesen wären.

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