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Throne of jade

Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, meant for Napoleon, is now in the hands of the British forces, they demand the return of the dragon.

Main Author: Novik, Naomi.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Del Rey, c2006.
Series: Temeraire series ; 2.
Subjects:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
War stories.
Summary: Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, meant for Napoleon, is now in the hands of the British forces, they demand the return of the dragon.
Item Description: " A Del Rey mass market original"
Includes excerpt from: Black powder war.
Physical Description: 398 pages ; 18 cm.
ISBN: 0345481291
9780345481290
Author Notes: Naomi Novik was born in New York on April 30, 1973. She received a Bachelor's degree in English literature at Brown University and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Columbia University. She participated in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. Her first novel, His Majesty's Dragon, was published in 2006 and was the start of the Temeraire series. She has won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her book, Uprooted, won the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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