The dragon Temeraire and Captain Will Laurence, having been convicted of treason and sent to the prison colony at New South Wales, is asked by Captain Bligh to help him regain his office, which was taken away from him when the government was overthrown, and, as the dragon and the rider journey through the forbidding Blue Mountains, they struggle to protect the two remaining dragon eggs they carry with them and find the missing third.
year: 2011, 2022
call number/section: 1000
subjects: dragons, fiction, penal colonies, australia, napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, great britain, royal navy, officers, fiction, fantasy fiction, alternative histories (fiction)
Editions
Novik, Naomi
Del Rey/Ballantine Books (2011)
Despite their heroic defense of England, Captain Will Laurence and his dragon, Temeraire, are convicted of treason and transported to a prison colony in distant Australia. Several adventures later the theft of a precious dragon's egg turns their trip into a desperate recovery opperation and presents a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon.
Schools: 1
Novik, Naomi
Del Rey (2022)
The dragon Temeraire and Captain Will Laurence, having been convicted of treason and sent to the prison colony at New South Wales, is asked by Captain Bligh to help him regain his office, which was taken away from him when the government was overthrown, and, as the dragon and the rider journey through the forbidding Blue Mountains, they struggle to protect the two remaining dragon eggs they carry with them and find the missing third.
Schools: 1