Despatches

Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
A Happy Birthday by tgarnsl; Hornblower; G; Bush, Hornblower

Son et Lumière:
Icons: 14 multifandom icons by thisbluespirit

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
hmsloop_hotspur: July Prompts
historium: Historium AO3 Collection
historium: The first Historium Bingo

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Acasta and Valiant

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: What a Bosun Wears
hmsacasta_feed: The Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Payday!

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Last Call for Letters!

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor: Another Acasta only edition this week!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: Even more mail

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Inspiration for the Mail
hmsacasta_feed: A letter from Billie
hmsacasta_feed: A letter to the Doctor

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor:
It's all from the off-Dreamwidth blog run by HMS Acasta, this week!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: Acastas read their mail
hmsacasta_feed: Letters from the packet
hmsacasta_feed: Wax seating your letter

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Letter Folding
hmsacasta_feed: Addressing your letter

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Solace and Comfort (excerpt) by sanguinity; Hornblower; G; Hornblower/Bush (implied)
JAck Aubrey Read the Room Wrong by colebaltblue; Aureyad/Hornblower crossover; M; Jack Aubrey, Horatio Hornblower; William Bush

Son et Lumière:
hmsloop_hotspur: sanguinity posts The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower: CBS Radio 1952-53
hmsacasta_feed: At New Harmony

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: The men at St Domingo
hmsacasta_feed: From the Naval Chronicle
hmsacasta_feed: Acasta Marriages

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part IX

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor: It is rare that links to the Acasta blog don't outnumber links to articles, stories and other items posted here on DW. I would like your opinion on whether I should continue to link to the Acasta blog, or whether I should limit Despatches to items posted directly on DW with occasional links to off-site items (for example, posts by the Austen blog).

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Midshipman William Bowles
hmsacasta_feed: What does the surgeon do?

Miscellany and meta:
reviews Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
hmsacasta_feed reviews Rough Medicine
hmsacasta_feed: Prickly Heat, and how to cure it
sharpiefan: Regency Randomness

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 4
hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: The Trial of William Bradford

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Our New Captain

Communities and challenges:
There is a new POTC community at potc_kink_meme

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
A Conversations in the Yellow Drawing Room, and Other Letters to Mrs Strange; 13+; JSM&MN; Emma Pole, John Childermass, John Segundus, Stephen Black; Lady Pole writes a letter to her friend Mrs Strange about an unexpected encounter;
Messing About by colebaltblue; NC-17; Hornblower; Bush/Hornblower; The morning after a perfect day.
HMK Nonsuch by sanguinity; Gen; Hornblower; Bush/Nonsuch; Bush loved Nonsuch before he ever set eyes on her.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: The Trial of Mr Cox
hmsacasta_feed: 11th March 1815
hmsacasta_feed: 12th March 1815

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: HMS Acasta by Patrick O'Brian
hmsacasta_feed: The Master-at-Arms: Between Two Worlds

Communities and challenges:

Rec of the Week:

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Note from the Editor:
Wow!! The longest issue of Despatches in what seems like forever! Well done, all of you! As always, if I've missed anything, please, as always, let me know in a comment to this post.

Fanfic:
The Strange Case of the Vanished Mr Norrell by brideoffrankenstein/OfShoesandShips; JSMN; Gen; John Childermass & Gilbert Norrell; There are many ways that John Childermass might have met Mr Gilbert Norrell. This isn't one of them.
On Trust (9/9) by ohveda; JSMN; NC-17; John Segundus, John Childermass, Mr Honeyfoot, Mrs Honeyfoot, Miss Honeyfoot, Vinculus, Charles; John Childermass unexpectedly finds himself in possession of one of Mr Segundus’ most important belongings.
Common as a Winter Cold by leahclaire/darksylvia; JSMN; Mature; John Childermass/John Segundus; Segundus and Childermass perform magic that has unexpected personal consequences of a marital nature.

Son et Lumière:
thisbluespirit: Upcoming Trailer: Peterloo
Fanvid: Archie in the Rain by sanguinity; Major character death; canon death
hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 14
hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 3
sharpiefan: The Royal Marines: Who They Are and What They Do (Photo-essay; 1/2)
sharpiefan: The Royal Marines: Who They Are and What They Do (Photo-essay; 2/2)

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts an AoS Linkspam
janeaustenblog_feed: The Telephone Game
sharpiefan posts Numbers of Marines to Rates of Ships

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: February List
comfortable_courtesan: We are happy to inform our readers
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part VIII
sharpiefan: Useful screencap links

Communities and challenges:
hmsloop_hostpur: copperfyre posts Hello!
thisbluespirit: Historium Commentfest 2019
tgarnsl: Hello!
sharpiefan: Hi there!
hmsloop_hostpur: colebaltblue: Introduce yourself

Rec of the Week:

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