Age of Sail Despatches #25

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor: A relatively short one this week. Remember, if you want to let fellow fans know of your own favourite fic/vid/other AoS link, please add the link in a comment for Rec of the Week. Happy Easter to everyone!

Fanfic:
Troubled Waters by romantical, Hornblower, PG-13, Bush/Hornblower, still waters run deep

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts History Bites: The Perfect 18th Century Smile
oursin posts De-nostalgifying the past
oursin posts Hygieia says but of course, and bows to Thomas McKeown

Miscellany and meta:
ozfille posts about following HMB Endeavour's circumnavigation of Australia via the Australian National Maritime Museum's wordpress blog.
esteven posts about Part 3 of the Mauritius Command on BBC Radio

Communities and challenges:
perfect_duet posts Day 15 of the 30 Day Meme: Favourite M&C Fic
perfect_duet posts Day 16 of the 30 Day Meme: A scene/incident that made you squeal
perfect_duet posts Day 17 of the 30 Day Meme: A scene/incident that made you cry
perfect_duet posts Day 18 of the 30 Day Meme: Must-have non-fiction/reference book
perfect_duet posts Day 19 of the 30 Day Meme: The character who is most like you
perfect_duet posts Day 20 of the 30 Day Meme: Your favourite canon reference/in-joke
perfect_duet posts Day 21 of the 30 Day Meme: Any rants about the series/movie "What was POB/Peter Weir thinking?!"
perfect_duet posts Day 22 of the 30 Day Meme: A Master & Commander related website
mandc_read has reached the end of Clarissa Oakes and announces that the weekend of April 30th/May 1st will begin the read-through of The Wine-Dark sea on LJ

Rec of the Week:
(These are getting ever-harder to come up with. *g*) Shades of Glory by idler_1814, who is one of my all-time favourite AoS ficcers. Hornblower, PG, Bush, there would be no more glory.

Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. And please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all!