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Voyage of the Basilisk A Memoir by Lady Trent A Natural History of Dragons Book 3 eBook Marie Brennan

This is the third volume of “the memoirs of Lady Trent,” following A Natural History of Dragons and The Tropic of Serpents. Isabella Camherst (she isn’t yet Lady Trent) has spent the six years after her adventures in the previous book raising her son Jacob and creating something of a salon in Falchester (the equivalent of London, as her native country of Scirland is the equivalent of England), especially for young women who are interested in science or indeed any scholarly pursuit, although men are welcome if they aren’t too domineering. She has managed to scrape up enough money to hire a ship and its crew—the bark Basilisk—for a two-year, round the world cruise to allow her to investigate sea serpents and other dragonlike creatures, not to mention dragons themselves if she should run across any. She takes Jacob, his governess Abigail Carew, and her colleague and close friend (though purely Platonic) Tom Wilker along as fellow-passengers, and as in the previous books she has quite a lot of adventures, which aren’t nearly as much fun to have as to read about. They range from nearly having the Basilisk crushed by a constricting sea serpent to being expelled from Yelang (an equivalent of China, I think), to being shipwrecked on an island that resembles a Polynesian one, to a flight in a sort of dirigible. Lots of fun; I enjoy this series a lot. (This one is printed in blue ink; as I recall one of the others was printed in brown.)


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Voyage of the Basilisk A Memoir by Lady Trent A Natural History of Dragons Book 3 eBook Marie Brennan Reviews

This book is part of a trilogy which I will review in entirety since its hard to read just one. The series is written as a fictional autobiography of a naturalist who ventures to remote corners of the planet to study dragons. Set in a period that resembles the Victorian era, Lady Trent travels by sailing ship or on horse back and communicates by letter. The conceit brilliantly incorporates fantasy, history, scientific method and cultural anthropology. In each book the author embarks on an adventure searching out the elusive creatures in the spirit of Darwin on the Beagle. Lady Trent is not the typical fiction hero. For example, she must adhere to the social mores of her time where a woman wearing pants, much less a woman in the jungle wearing pants, is considered scandalous. A mix of Jane Goodall, Margaret Mead and Shirley Temple, the author's quests for knowledge lands her in tangles that test an incredible range of skills. An admirable well-rounded role model, she negotiates diplomatic snafus, overcomes gender discrimination, and confronts wild beasts in the jungle with tact, realism, intellect and a unique spirit of adventure. Whether shipwrecked on a remote island or caught in a war between nations, Lady Trent approaches every obstacle from the scientific perspective of gathering data and testing theories. If there is one criticism, it is that her detailed observations often weighs down the narrative but imagination ultimately triumphs over lengthy descriptions. The inventive story-line and well crafted characters make for a entertaining and informative read.
I'm not a big reader of series, but I love this one. Brennan's alternative Victorian world is familiar, yet not. She gets the tone right and provides characters that you can care about, as well as reliably involving plots. Each time I've begun another book, I've feared that she'd get predictable, or she'd run out of ideas. Not so far! I'm a science geek, and the fact that Lady Trent is a naturalist adds a depth to the book as she ponders the biology and evolutionary history of her dragons. She is so intrepid that nothing even starts to drag. I'm also a life-long feminist, and I love it when feminism is presented in its full vitality, rather than as some dour, frowning finger-wagging. This heroine struggles with the roles she is assigned. There are costs to the choices she makes. She has real relationships - she's got a son, for heaven's sake! - and it's not obvious to her how to balance them with her driving passion to be a scientist. Again, this is never dogmatic or didactic. She's an actual person with immense drive and thoroughly human feelings, working through very life-like conundrums. Read this yourself, and please give it to kids, both male and female.
Yet another delightful fictional memoir for our intrepid Isabella Camherst! As always, I love the fantasy historical style of this series, and this one definitely kept that awesome feel. I really enjoyed the sailing bits in this one especially. I'm a fan of pirate and sailing stories, and any book that can clearly explain careening to me gets a bonus LOL.

Unfortunately the pacing in this one wasn't as great as the first two. The start was extremely slow even with the sea serpent dangers, and I didn't get a clear view of what was supposed to be the secret "plot" of this one until easily 2/3rd to 3/4s of the way in and once I did, it was over very quickly. I kept thinking there had to be more book left at the end than there was (which wasn't helped by the excerpt of the next book being a good 10+ pages I think). I just think the beginning should have been a little shorter of a "half" if that makes sense, and we could have spent a little more time with the Princess plotline. Otherwise tho, I definitely enjoyed it!
This is the third volume of “the memoirs of Lady Trent,” following A Natural History of Dragons and The Tropic of Serpents. Isabella Camherst (she isn’t yet Lady Trent) has spent the six years after her adventures in the previous book raising her son Jacob and creating something of a salon in Falchester (the equivalent of London, as her native country of Scirland is the equivalent of England), especially for young women who are interested in science or indeed any scholarly pursuit, although men are welcome if they aren’t too domineering. She has managed to scrape up enough money to hire a ship and its crew—the bark Basilisk—for a two-year, round the world cruise to allow her to investigate sea serpents and other dragonlike creatures, not to mention dragons themselves if she should run across any. She takes Jacob, his governess Abigail Carew, and her colleague and close friend (though purely Platonic) Tom Wilker along as fellow-passengers, and as in the previous books she has quite a lot of adventures, which aren’t nearly as much fun to have as to read about. They range from nearly having the Basilisk crushed by a constricting sea serpent to being expelled from Yelang (an equivalent of China, I think), to being shipwrecked on an island that resembles a Polynesian one, to a flight in a sort of dirigible. Lots of fun; I enjoy this series a lot. (This one is printed in blue ink; as I recall one of the others was printed in brown.)