Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

2019/22: Empire of Ivory -- Naomi Novik
...we are very tired and have come to London only because our friends are sick and have been left to starve and die in the cold, because the Admiralty will do nothing to make them more comfortable. [loc. 1000]


In which Temeraire and Laurence go to Africa, and then to the darkest point of the series. I think this might be the best-constructed of the novels, and the most affecting, though it is hard to like wholeheartedly as it's so dark.
some spoilers for first half of novel )

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