Oh dragons! You know I jumped at the chance to read this especially since I also heard that there were some good illustrations to go with it. However, I did worry that I may find the book dry. My worry was because I've read a few of these alternate reality books like this. Unfortunately they tend to...
April of Bookspot Central and Dragon Ashes calls this book a fantasy of manners and the phrase is quite apt. Brennan evokes the society, conventions, and scientific knowledge of the Victorian era, an era not conducive to strong- and scientific-minded women. The book is written as a memoir detailin...
A Natural History of Dragons is a fictional memoir of a famous dragon naturalist Lady Isabella Trent, set in a country similar to 19th century England with one distinct difference - in the worldMarie Brennan invented dragons exist. Lady Trent describes to us her childhood, what sparked her interest ...
Just as steampunk rewrites familiar history with technological advancements, A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS takes an oh so familiar historical period and adds a drop of the draconic. Though the place names are different, the flavor of Victorian England and Scotland is strong enough to make this story...
9/10This was one amazing novel! Lady Isabella Trent just wants to do her own thing, study dragons and devour all the books she can. She wants knowledge and to be accepted for her intellect. Her mother doesn’t approve of course, but her father sees that his little girls wants more out of life. And so...
A Natural History Of Dragons is a lovely, quirky book which reads like a proper memoir, but as the reviews on Goodreads indicate it's not for everyone.Lady Trent talks about her growing up, getting interested in dragons, obsessed with them, getting married to someone who shared her passion and at la...
‘A Natural History of Dragons’ is a memoir written by Lady Trent (or Marie Brennan in our dull reality), telling of her life from her younger years, through to her older as she discovers a girl really can be as lucky as to involve herself utterly and completely with dragons. It is the year 1895 in ...
I really, really hope that there will be sequels for this. I usually lament the lack of standalone novels these days, but this is a novel that deserves needs warrants at least another volume.Review to come!
I started A Natural History of Dragons thinking that it’s a standalone book. As you know, A Natural History of Dragons is the so called memoir of Isabella, or Lady Trent (whatever you want to call her), who is between the most acclaimed dragon researchers in the book’s universe. It’s needless to say...
As usual, a full review can be found at SFF Book Review.You will easily understand that it was the cover that first got me interested in this book. I mean, look at it. The gorgeous cover art by Todd Lockwood doesn't stop there, though. We are treated to illustrations by him throughout the book that ...
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