Temeraire and William discover that dragons are treated differently in the different countries that the war is taking place. The name is that of a famous French ship that was captured by the British Temeraire becomes Captain’s William companion and the series is based on the adventures of these two characters in the Napoleon’s war. Captain William names the dragon Temeraire. The meeting of the two characters is vividly explained in the first novel of the series. The other main character is Temeraire, a Chinese dragon. The first character is Captain William Lawrence, who is a captain in the British army who is directly involved in the Napoleon war. The series intrigues the reader’s mind by creating an imagination on how the Napoleonic war would have been like if it were fought using dragons. The series basis its story on Legend of the Napoleonic wars where Naomi introduces dragons as the soldiers in the war. The writer give a clear flow of the chronological events taking place in the series. The first book of the Temeraire series that is, His Majesty’s Dragon won the Compton Crook Award in 2007 and was nominated for the Hugo Award for the Best Novel. The series is composed of eight books mostly based on fantasy and alternate history. Temeraire is a series of novels written by Naomi Novik, an American writer born in New York City 1973.
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