sharpiefan: Picture of a boat and soldiers (Navy and Marines)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
A Happy Birthday by [personal profile] tgarnsl; Hornblower; G; Bush, Hornblower

Son et Lumière:
Icons: 14 multifandom icons by [personal profile] thisbluespirit

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur: July Prompts
[community profile] historium: Historium AO3 Collection
[community profile] historium: The first Historium Bingo

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sharpiefan: Close-up of a hand writing with a quill pen (Writing)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Fair Seas by [personal profile] tgarnsl; Hornblower; G; Hornblower, Bush

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: June 1799 captures

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Picture of a boat and soldiers (Navy and Marines)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Acasta and Valiant

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Line of Age of Sail Marines on parade (Default)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: I haven't forgotten to post, but there's nothing at all to report this week! Maybe next week...

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: (Thirteen-Gun Salute)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

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

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Payday!

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Last Call for Letters!

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Two Napoleonic era redcoat officers walking across a cobbled square (Officers)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Poem: The Rainbow of Jack by [personal profile] rifleman_lincoln; Aubreyad; U; Jack, Stephen

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The reading of the mail
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feedLord Nelson's mail

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Of Lobsters and Jenny Haviners
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter to Hollybrass
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter from Williamsburg
[personal profile] auroracloud posts Reccing Thursday, er, Friday, with a few historical f/f fics

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Close-up of a hand writing with a quill pen (Writing)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: Another Acasta only edition this week!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Even more mail

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Inspiration for the Mail
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter from Billie
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter to the Doctor

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Two Napoleonic era redcoat officers walking across a cobbled square (Officers)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: Oops! Totally missed posting on Friday - my apologies!

Fanfic:
The Legacy of Starecross Hall by [personal profile] ohveda; JSMN; NC-17; John Segundus, John Childermass, Vinculus, Mr Honeyfoot, Mrs Honeyfoot, Mrs Lennox, Mrs Blake, Emma Pole, Mr Robinson, original characters

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: An introduction for Baptiste
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter from Baptiste
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter to Mr Apple
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A letter to Miss Nowack
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A ltter at Waterloo

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] janeaustenblog_feed: Your Sunday Austen Meditation

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Close-up of a hand writing with a quill pen (Writing)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:
It's all from the off-Dreamwidth blog run by HMS Acasta, this week!

Fanfic:

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

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Letter Folding
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Addressing your letter

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Napoleonic era cavalry soldiers on the lookout (Vidette)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Strong, Dark and Early by [personal profile] brewsternorth; Hornblower; Teen (strong language); Bush/Hornblower; Modern AU

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Peter Henwood, Purser

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: How to Speak and Write
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Period Handwriting
[syndicated profile] austenblog_feed: Sodium

Communities and challenges:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Mail Packet Month
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: What should I write?
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur: May Prompts
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur: [personal profile] brewsternorth in
Intro Post - Hello!

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sharpiefan: Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland, writing a letter (Emma Vickery)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

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

Son et Lumière:
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur: [personal profile] sanguinity posts The Adventures of Horatio Hornblower: CBS Radio 1952-53
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: At New Harmony

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

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part IX

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: (Thirteen-Gun Salute)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Meet the REAL crew
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Poor Unfortunate Darby
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Meet Francis Decimus Hastings
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Georgre Francis Seymour; Volunteer First Class
[profile] hmscasta_feed: Lt. John Shepherd
[community profile] perfect_duet: Very early GPS: Jack would have known about it

Miscellany and meta:
[personal profile] ohveda recs This Side of the Rain by [archiveofourown.org profile] Erinye; JSMN; Explicit; Childermas/Segundus

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland, writing a letter (Emma Vickery)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
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:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Midshipman William Bowles
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: What does the surgeon do?

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

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sharpiefan: (Thirteen-Gun Salute)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 23

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Dentistry in the 19th Century
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Amputation instruments in the 19th Century
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Gentleman's Magazine: November 1812
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Articles of War 1757

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Jane Austen's England: A review

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur: April Prompts

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sharpiefan: Picture of a boat and soldiers (Navy and Marines)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 4
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Trial of William Bradford

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Our New Captain

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

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sharpiefan: Two Napoleonic era redcoat officers walking across a cobbled square (Officers)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: Just a very quick reminder to include some sort of rating for your fic if you want me to link to it from Despatches! I hope you've all had a great week!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
[personal profile] olivermoss: Upcoming Historical Series
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Master & Commander Deleted Scenes

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Google Maps for London, c. 1746
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed reviews Men of War: Life in Nelson's Navy
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: March 1813 Captures

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Art and Science of Knotwork: A Primer
[personal profile] ohveda: Prompts Requested: JohnSquared

Communities and challenges:

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sharpiefan: Picture of a boat and soldiers (Navy and Marines)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
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 [personal profile] colebaltblue; NC-17; Hornblower; Bush/Hornblower; The morning after a perfect day.
HMK Nonsuch by [personal profile] sanguinity; Gen; Hornblower; Bush/Nonsuch; Bush loved Nonsuch before he ever set eyes on her.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Trial of Mr Cox
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: 11th March 1815
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: 12th March 1815

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

Communities and challenges:

Rec of the Week:

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sharpiefan: (Thirteen-Gun Salute)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: Reminder! If you want to have your fic included in Despatches, please include a rating of some description in your post! I'm still trying to work out how to follow specific tags for those multi-fandom journals and communities that cover more than just the AoS that is our remit here at Despatches; if you can help, please comment below!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 15
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 20
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea 21

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed 8th of March 1815

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Apple's Fishhook
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Book review: Seaman Garnerray - Voyages, Aventures et Combats

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur: [personal profile] sanguinity posts March Prompts

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sharpiefan: Pulllings and Jack, text 'Huzzah!' (Huzzah!)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
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 [personal profile] brideoffrankenstein/[archiveofourown.org profile] 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 [personal profile] 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 [personal profile] leahclaire/[archiveofourown.org profile] darksylvia; JSMN; Mature; John Childermass/John Segundus; Segundus and Childermass perform magic that has unexpected personal consequences of a marital nature.

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

Of historical interest:
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts an AoS Linkspam
[syndicated profile] janeaustenblog_feed: The Telephone Game
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts Numbers of Marines to Rates of Ships

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

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

Rec of the Week:

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sharpiefan: (Thirteen-Gun Salute)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: Please to note the creation of two new AoS communities: [community profile] hmsloop_hotspur and [community profile] poldarks

Fanfic:
come down and kiss me fairly by [personal profile] muccamukk; Kidnapped (RL Stevenson); Teen; Davie/Alan

Son et Lumière:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images of life at sea 2
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Images from Fort Bowyer

Of historical interest:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Popham's Signal Flags
[community profile] friendsofenglishmagic: [personal profile] bookhobbit posts The political period in which John Uskglass conquered the North (not strictly AoS, but useful knowledge)
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Procedures for Taking Prizes

Miscellany and meta:
[syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Book Review: The Seal Serpent
[personal profile] the_comfortable_courtesan: The Ironmaster's Tale will appear shortly

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] historium is posting a Multifandom Friendship Commentfest
[community profile] hmsloop_hotspur is a new community for fans of the Hornblower series
[community profile] poldarks is a new community for Poldark fans


Rec of the Week:

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