by Naomi Novik · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420470849
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«El dragón de Su Majestad» is the fantasy and historical fiction novel by Naomi Novik, published by Alfaguara in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Captain Will Laurence captures a French ship carrying an imperial dragon egg sent by the Emperor of China to Napoleon. When the hatchling is born and chooses him as its rider, Laurence joins the aerial corps alongside his dragon, Temeraire, and learns aerial warfare tactics while France prepares to invade Britain.
First installment of the Temeraire series, originally published as «His Majesty's Dragon». The work won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and the Compton Crook Award, and was nominated for the Hugo.
Recommended for readers aged 14 and up, especially those who enjoy fantasy, dragons, and historical fiction.
Naomi Novik is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the Temeraire series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her Scholomance fantasy series (2020–2022). Her standalone fantasy novels Uprooted (2015) and Spinning Silver (2018) were inspired by Polish folklore and the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale respectively. Novik has won many awards for her work, including the Alex, Audie, British Fantasy, Locus, Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards.
