12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=ffea3974-e5a2-4d97-a69b-9d508644d44b&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&1/2HomeTop Picks: All BooksVoyage of the Basilisk MoreVoyage of the Basiliskby Marie BrennanPrice: $25.99(Hardcover)Published: March 31, 2015Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)From the Publisher:The thrilling adventure of Lady Trent continues in Marie Brennan's Voyage ofthe Basilisk . . .Devoted readers of Lady Trent's earlier memoirs, A Natural History ofDragons and The Tropic of Serpents, may believe themselves alreadyacquainted with the particulars of her historic voyage aboard the RoyalSurvey Ship Basilisk, but the true story of that illuminating, harrowing, andscandalous journey has never been revealedââuntil now.</p><p> Six years after her perilous exploits in Eriga, Isabella embarks on her mostambitious expedition yet: a twoâyear trip around the world to study allmanner of dragons in every place they might be found.</p><p> From featheredserpents sunning themselves in the ruins of a fallen civilization to themighty sea serpents of the tropics, these creatures are a source of bothendless fascination andâŚRate This Book|Rate/ReviewAdd To BookshelfGet This Book Go to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site whereyou can get this book.BookFilter12/1/2015BookFilter | Evernote Web https://www.evernote.com/Home.action#n=ffea3974-e5a2-4d97-a69b-9d508644d44b&ses=4&sh=2&sds=5&2/2 Personalize / Add More ChoicesWhat We SayMarie Brennan's fantasy series is an odd duck -- surely the Victorian era-like female naturalist at the center of it couldderive the taxonomy for this work better than I.</p><p> It's technically a fantasy novel, set in a world akin to ours but withdifferent names for the various parts of the world...and the addition of dragons.</p><p> Not talking dragons or magicaldragons; just dragons.</p><p> Lady Trent has been fascinated by them since she was a little girl.</p><p> In three books, she hasfollowed her passion, pushing back against proper behaviour for women of good breeding and by and large gettingwhat she wants: the chance to travel the world, study dragons and contribute to the scientific understanding of thesecreatures.</p><p> As a naturalist, Trent makes an ideal heroine for a work of fantasy.</p><p> Often the hardest part of a novel isintroducing a new society, a new concept and letting us understand what it means.</p><p> Since this is precisely what agood scientist will do, Trent's observations make perfect sense.</p><p> This was a bit stiffly done in the first book, better inthe second and quite satisfying in this her third adventure.</p><p> It takes her to the equivalent of the South Seas, a potentialromance and invariably her dragon-spotting gets mixed up with political intrigue and military affairs.</p><p> The series hasbecome stronger but its fantasy elements are modest, at best.</p><p> It's really a Victorian travel pastiche with a twist.</p><p> Fansof those might be put off by the fantasy.</p><p> Fans of fantasy will surely wish there were more actual fantasy.</p><p> But for thoseready to appreciate this strange new creature, it's a satisfying tale of no-nonsense female intrepidness...with a dashof dragons thrown in for good measure. -- Michael GiltzLessWhat Others SayThis, the second of Isabella's retrospective memoirs, is as uncompromisingly honest and forthright as the first,narrated in Brennan's usual crisp, vivid style, with a heroine at once admirable, formidable, and captivating.</p><p> Reader,lose no time in making Isabella's acquaintance.What You SayFilter byNo Reviews Found .....
