Victory of Eagles
core novel 2008 Temeraire
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (29,658 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 352 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345496881 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Victory of Eagles continues the Temeraire series after Empire of Ivory, opening as Laurence, imprisoned aboard the HMS Goliath, is reported dead after his ship is sunk. Believing Laurence lost, Temeraire abandons his usual restraint and organizes the unharnessed dragons of Britain's breeding grounds into an improvised militia, driven by a mixture of patriotism and grief, to resist Napoleon's advancing invasion of Britain. Laurence, who has in fact survived, races to reunite with Temeraire as the dragon leads attacks against French forces, and the two eventually rejoin British military command under General Wellesley, who comes to accept Temeraire as a legitimate fighting officer alongside dragons such as the feral Iskierka and figures like Admiral Jane Roland.
Where it sits
- Universe: Temeraire
- Series: Temeraire core; position 5 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Naomi Novik
Notes
- From the series record (Temeraire): 9-novel completed historical-fantasy sequence (2006-2016): the Napoleonic Wars in a world where an intelligent-dragon aerial corps supplements every nation's military. One continuous linear narrative; publication order equals in-story order. Unusual debut cadence: the first three novels were all published in 2006 (Del Rey rapid-succession launch).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Temeraire: position 5 of 9: previous Empire of Ivory (2007) · next Tongues of Serpents (2010)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temeraire_(series)
- https://www.sfadb.com/Naomi_Novik
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_of_Eagles
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