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History influenced Temeraire
Added by · 9 August 2026
- Napoleonic Wars
The evidence
Novik was already fascinated by the Napoleonic period and had read numerous biographies of Napoleon. She essentially asked: what if dragons existed during the Napoleonic Wars and were used as military forces?
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