On Thu, 18 May 2006 Gaertk at aol.com wrote: > "Casey Rousseau" <casey at the-bat.net> writes: > > > Also, these are not simply flying beasts. I did not misspeak when > > I referred to Temeraire as the title character of the first novel. > > Not only does the US title of the first book refer to him, but his > name is used for the whole series as well as appearing in the UK > titles: _Temeraire_, _Temeraire: Throne of Jade_, _Temeraire: Black > Powder War_ (British publisher is also printing hardcover editions) And Turner made a gorgeous painting of him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Turner%2C_The_fighting_Temeraire.jpg
