Binding: Paperback
Description: The thrilling adventure of Lady Trent continues in Marie Brennan's The Tropic of Serpents Attentive readers of Lady Trent's earlier memoir A Natural History of Dragons are already familiar with how a bookish and determined young woman named Isabella first set out on the historic course that would one day lead her to becoming the world's premier dragon naturalist. Now in this remarkably candid second volume Lady Trent looks back at the next stage of her illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) career. Three years after her fateful journeys through the forbidding mountains of Vystrana Mrs. Camherst defies family and convention to embark on an expedition to the war - torn continent of Eriga home of such exotic draconian species as the grass - dwelling snakes of the savannah arboreal tree snakes and most elusive of all the legendary swamp - wyrms of the tropics. The expedition is not an easy one. Accompanied by both an old associate and a runaway heiress Isabella must brave oppressive heat merciless fevers palace intrigues gossip and other hazards in order to satisfy her boundless fascination with all things draconian even if it means venturing deep into the forbidden jungle known as the Green Hell where her courage resourcefulness and scientific curiosity will be tested as never before.
Title: The Tropic Of Serpents A Memoir By Lady Trent
Author(s): Brennan Marie
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Barcode: 9780765375087
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/17/2015
Series: The Lady Trent Memoirs