The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent

The quest to locate and identify dragons takes an intrepid scientist into dangerous realms in foreign lands and in high society.

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 ...