Casey Rousseau wrote: > > _His Majesty's Dragon_ is the first of a series by Naomi Novik. > Napoleonic era British Navy Captain becomes an aviator in the Dragon > Corps. Not quite as detailed in it's descriptions of the period as > Patrick O'Brian, but better than say C. S. Forrester. An odd comment, considering that Forrester is superior to O'Brian in everything but dialog. . . . Snarkhunter