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Pub. Date
2019
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English
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June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver?s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career - is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He?d said people were...
2) Temeraire
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The Temeraire volume 1
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English
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Staff Picks: A combination of classic fantasy and historical fiction, who doesn’t love the idea of dragons in the Napoleonic wars? I certainly do. Picked by Patrick.
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The Temeraire volume 9
Publisher
Harper Voyager
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English
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Now, with LEAGUE OF DRAGONS, Novik brings the imaginative tour-de-force that has captivated millions to an unforgettable finish. Napoleon?s invasion of Russia has been roundly thwarted. But even as Capt. William Laurence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the retreating enemy through an unforgiving winter, Napoleon is raising a new force, and he?ll soon have enough men and dragons to resume the offensive. While the emperor regroups, the allies have an...
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Series
The Temeraire volume 3
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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British flyer Will Laurence and his extraordinary Celestial dragon, Temeraire, gratefully anticipate their voyage home from China. But before they set sail, they are waylaid by urgent new orders. The British Government, having purchased three valuable dragon eggs from the Ottoman Empire - one of a rare fire-breathing Kazilik dragon, one of the most deadly breeds in existence - now require Laurence and Temeraire to make a more perilous overland journey...
5) Moby Dick
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English
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When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claimed countless human victims and destroyed many fleets.
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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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This voyage is special. It will change everything ? One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock hears urgent knocking on his front door. One of his captains is waiting eagerly on the step. He has sold Jonah?s ship for what appears to be a mermaid. As gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see Mr Hancock?s marvel. Its arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors...
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English
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Jamaica 1665. A lone British outpost in Spanish-controlled Caribbean waters. Its capital, Port Royal is the last place anyone would expect an attack to be launched on a Spanish stronghold. Yet that is exactly what renowned privateer Captain Charles Hunter plans to do, with the connivance of Charles II's ruling governor.
Author
Series
The Temeraire volume 4
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
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Naomi Novik's 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.
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Series
The Temeraire volume 5
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
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Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Cpt Laurence and his dragon Temeraire as they travel from the shores of Britain to China and Africa.
10) Blood of tyrants
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Series
The Temeraire volume 8
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but England?s already precarious position in the Far East. Age-old enmities and suspicions have turned the entire region into a powder keg ready to erupt at the slightest spark - a spark that Laurence and Temeraire may unwittingly provide, leaving...
11) Crucible of gold
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Series
The Temeraire volume 7
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Former Aerial Corps captain Will Laurence and his faithful dragon, Temeraire, have been put out to pasture in Australia - and it seems their part in the war has ended just when they are needed most. The French have invaded Spain, forged an alliance with Africa?s powerful Tswana empire, and brought revolution to Brazil. With Britain?s last desperate hope of defeating Napoleon in peril, the government that sidelined Laurence swiftly offers to reinstate...
12) Throne of Jade
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Series
The Temeraire volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
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This debut novel from Naomi Novik is set in the Napoleonic period and layers history with imagination and fantasy by adding a Dragon Air force to the battle for England.
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Series
The Temeraire volume 6
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
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Laurence and Temeraire have been banished from the country they?ve fought so hard to protect - and the friends they have made in the British Aerial Corps. Found guilty of treason, man and dragon have been deported to Australia to start a new life and many new adventures.
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