The Tropic of Serpents - A Memoir by Lady Trent

Marie Brennan

Tor Books

2014

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9780765331977

Attentive readers of Lady Trent's earlier memoir, A Natural History of Dragons, are already familiar with how a bookish and determined young woman named Isabella first set out on the historic course that would one day lead her to becoming the world's premier dragon naturalist. Now, in this remarkably candid second volume, Lady Trent looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) career.

Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana, in which she lost her husband, the widowed Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition to the savage, war-torn continent of Eriga, home of such exotic draconian species as the grass-dwelling snakes of the savannah, arboreal tree snakes, and, most elusive of all, the legendary swamp-wyrms of the tropics.

The expedition is not an easy one. Accompanied by both an old associate and a runaway heiress, Isabella must brave oppressive heat, merciless fevers, palace intrigues, gossip, and other hazards in order to satisfy her boundless fascination with all things draconian, even if it means venturing deep into the forbidden jungle known as the Green Hell... where her courage, resourcefulness, and scientific curiosity will be tested as never before.

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3.5 (Bom)

Eu tenho um problema com continuações

Fiquei um pouco decepcionada com essa continuação. O que me atraiu na série foi toda a questão científica do estudo de dragões, mas esse não teve quase nada. Eu não sei se a autora leu muitas críticas ao primeiro livro e decidiu mudar o approach dela. Foi muita politicagem que me interessou pouco, mas ainda foi uma boa leitura.