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001 2009517424
003 DLC
005 20100205094412.0
008 091030s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2009517424
020 $a9780345513540
020 $a0345513541
020 $a9780345522054 (trade paperback)
020 $a0345522052 (trade paperback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $ae-uk---$aa-tu---
050 00 $aPS3614.O93$bI5 2009
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aNovik, Naomi.
245 10 $aIn his majesty's service /$cNaomi Novik.
260 $aNew York :$bDel Rey Books,$cc2009.
300 $a818 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aTemeraire
500 $aOriginally published in three separate volumes in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2006 as "His Majesty's Dragon", "Throne of jade", and "Black powder war", copyright © 2006 by Naomi Novik.
505 00 $tHis majesty's dragon --$tThrone of jade --$tBlack powder war --$t"In autumn, a white dragon looks over the wide river."
520 $aCapt. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring a most unusual cargo--an incalculably valuable dragon egg. When the egg hatches, Laurence unexpectedly becomes the master of the young dragon Temeraire and finds himself on an extraordinary journey that will shatter his orderly, respectable life and alter the course of his nation's history.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy$xOfficers$vFiction.
650 0 $aDragons$vFiction.
650 0 $aShip captains$vFiction.
650 0 $aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$vFiction.
651 0 $aIstanbul (Turkey)$vFiction.
655 7 $aAlternative histories (Fiction)$2gsafd
655 7 $aFantasy fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009517424-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009517424-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2009517424-s.html