Age of Sail Despatches #58

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor:
Good week? Good. It's possibly time I let on why I introduced the 'Rec of the Week' slot to DW's Despatches... When I started producing this newsletter, I'd got out of the habit of reading fanfic because DW was so quiet at the time, and I thought it would be a good way to get back into reading stuff, as well as finding new-to-me authors (and vidders, artists etc). I hope you've discovered some new-to-you people the way I have! And if you know of someone who deserves to have a wider audience, please drop a comment with a link and I'll add it in a future issue.

Fanfic:
A Small sliver of Comfort by heather_mist; Aubreyad; PG; Jack, Stephen (Jack/Stephen implied); Why is it that everyone on Surprise thinks they are a better judge of medicine than Stephen?
Sharpe's Marines Part 8 by sharpiefan; Sharpe; PG; Sharpe, original characters; What did Sharpe and the Marines of HMS Pucelle really make of each other?

Son et Lumière:
sharpiefan links to a vid: As it Was in Nelson's Day

Of historical interest:
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts Printed sources
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts Printed Sources cont'd
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts About uniforms
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts some online sources
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts The Early Corps
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts RevWar specific info

Miscellany and meta:
w_i_r: sharpiefan posts On dirtying up
where_away: esteven posts slicing pineapple for Stephen
where_away: esteven posts Pianpianissimo
where_away: esteven posts Cracking Walnuts
where_away: esteven posts Hallelujah Chorus and musical pleasure on a less heroic scale
diaryofaredcoat posts A little about me

Communities and challenges:
hm_jollies is a new community dedicated to research about His Majesty's (later the Royal) Marines
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Nine of The Hundred Days this weekend
perfect_duet: esteven posts Oakum meme II: Update and Questions

Rec of the Week:
What Horses Can Buy by gentlezombie; Sharpe; 18; Sharpe/McCandless, Sharpe/Lawford; In which Sharpe is a devious bastard and Colonel McCandless receives an unexpected gift.

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