We read “Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon” by Naomi Novik, the first book in a series of alternative history novels where the Napoleonic Wars are fought with Dragons. The second of a two-parter (we recommend first listening to the previous episode if you haven’t done so already!)

[Note: At around 16 minutes we briefly mix up Captain Catherine Harcourt and Captain Jane Roland. Lawrence meets Harcourt first, and she is the one that he accidentally calls Miss. He meets Caption Roland later, and they get into a relationship.]

Content Warnings
Abuse/neglect of a dragon (dragons are sentient, and the abusive relationship is somewhere between a parent/child or owner/pet situation)

Warfare

Mild Sexism

Additional
We reference JK Rowling’s work in this episode and want to make it clear we support Trans rights - here are a few UK Trans organisations we support and you can too:

https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/
https://transgenderni.org.uk/

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