{"id":18879,"date":"2021-12-12T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=18879"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:59:13","slug":"the-tropic-of-serpents-a-memoir-by-lady-trent-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18879","title":{"rendered":"The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent<\/a><\/em>, Audio Book (2014) Marie Brennan<\/a> Narrated by Kate Reading (A Natural History of Dragons)<\/p>\n

\"Tropic<\/a>This is such a delightful book, and the audio is just as good.<\/p>\n

if you are likely to be deterred by descriptions of violence, disease, foods alien to the Scirling palate, strange religions, public nakedness, or pinheaded diplomatic blunders, then close the covers of this book and proceed to something more congenial. <\/p>\n

But I assure you that I survived all these things; it is likely you will survive the reading of them, too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It went on for pages, but the entire thing was flawed in its basic assumption, which was that people would consider the matter rationally before making their decisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Macmillan Audio
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent, Audio Book (2014) Marie Brennan Narrated by Kate Reading (A Natural History of Dragons) This is such a delightful book, and the audio is just as good. if you are likely to be deterred by descriptions of violence, disease, foods alien to the Scirling palate, strange […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191,27,37,2,48,204,41],"tags":[553,213,539,157,304,305],"class_list":["post-18879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-alternate-history","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-female","category-good","category-reread","tag-ace-rep","tag-grief","tag-kate-reading","tag-lady-trent","tag-marie-brennan","tag-natural-history-of-dragons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-4Uv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9540,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9540","url_meta":{"origin":18879,"position":0},"title":"The Tropic of Serpents","author":"Michelle","date":"December 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Tropic of Serpents (2014) Marie Brennan The second novel in the Lady Trent series finds Isabella preparing to go on another scientific journey--this one to Eriga, where they hope to document other types of dragons. 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