His Majesty's Dragon

eBook

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2006 by Random House Publishing Group.

OCLC Number:
237371181

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4 stars (31 reviews)

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.From the Paperback edition.

6 editions

Great read, even greater expectations for the rest of the series

5 stars

Whoa, how could I've missed this series. I already had some people recommend these books, but only started after reading uprooted and spinning silver by Naomi Novik. This first book was read in a rush, using most of my free time and commute. The characters, especially the main characters are very charismatic and the pace is excellent. Looking forward to the other 8 books in the series!

A Book That Has It All

4 stars

Content warning Very minor spoilers for one plot point (the same as you'd get from reading the back cover).

Review of "His Majesty's dragon" on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Too much high fantasy for my taste, but that's entirely personal. Objectively it was a great story about friendship, loyalty and dragons, but I never felt quite with it, more dragged along by it. I also couldn't quite find the main storyline, but that might be an issue I had with the audio book.

Review of "His Majesty's dragon" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I'd heard good things about this book and they were all true - started it last night and put it down only to sleep, finished this morning! Kind of a cross between Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels, and the movie "How To Train Your Dragon". A well-written, well-researched story reimagining England fighting the war with Napoleon if dragons existed and formed an air force branch of the military. Good characters, good story, good details of the world - can't wait to get my hands on the next book!

Review of "His Majesty's dragon" on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Yes, I loved this book, and the irony is that had it not been offered free for the Kindle, I never would have read it. Let me be more blunt, actually. Not only would I not have read it, but I would have scoffed at it.

"His Majesty's Dragon"?? Come on. At best I would have read the title aloud in a mocking tone and escaped the fantasy/sci-fi section with haste. See the cover art? Just like every other magic-y, Lord-of-the-Rings-y, fantasy book you see piling up in bookstores. What's to differentiate one from another? They all blend together into a haze of something that might as well be labeled "for fans of this genre only."

But it was free for the Kindle. So I took a look. I checked up on some reviews, and the Washington Post was very favorable. What the hell, I need metro train reading, let's …

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