Arabella of Mars

This was a fun little novel with regency era and steampunk flavoring. It harkens back to older science fiction where there is air in space between the planets and space travel is accomplished with boats that can sail the interplanetary distances in relatively short amounts of time. Mars has a British colony, not unlike India where the Brits own and cultivate the land and the native Martians are relegated to servant and nanny positions. And the Napoleonic Wars occur in space as well as on Earth. The book is pretty well written, but this is basically a fluff novel with little substance.

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