The Temeraire Series Books 1-3: Temeraire, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War. Naomi Novik

      NAOMI NOVIK

      THE TEMERAIRE SERIES 1-3:

      Temeraire, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War

Copyright

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      Temeraire First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2006 Copyright © Temeraire LLC 2006 Cover Layout Design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014

      Throne of Jade First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2006 Copyright © Temeraire LLC 2006 Cover Layout Design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014

      Black Powder War First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2007 Copyright © Temeraire LLC 2006 Cover Layout Design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014

      Naomi Novik asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBNs:

       Temeraire: 9780007318551 Throne of Jade: 9780007318575 Black Powder War: 9780007318568

      Bundle Edition (Containing Temeraire, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War) © March 2015 ISBN: 9780008118358

      Version: 2015-01-27

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Temeraire

       Throne of Jade

       Black Powder War

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       The Temeraire Series

       About the Publisher

      

      NAOMI NOVIK

      Temeraire

Dedication

      for Charles

       sine qua non

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Part I

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Part II

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Part III

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Epilogue

       Appendix A

       Acknowledgements

PART I

Chapter One

      The deck of the French ship was slippery with blood, heaving in the choppy sea; a stroke might as easily