Most of the book is about the Napoleonic period. Movement of people, music, publishing, trade laws, roads and carriage problems, city life, war and its effect, England in relation to the continent and to the world--it really does cover spang what you are looking for. But yeah, it is a major investment of time. And while it might complement the Clarke, I think reading it would show the weak seams in the Temeraire series.
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Date: 2014-07-17 04:39 pm (UTC)