Age of Sail Despatches #81

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor: OK, hopefully this edition will get Despatches back on track. I've been away for a very long weekend (Thursday to Monday) so I apologise that there was no Despatches last week. Hope you've all had a good summer!

Fanfic:
Claimed by heather_mist; Aubreyad; R; Jack/Stephen; Stephen fufills the terms of a bet in a way Jack didn’t expect

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Oh what big teeth you have, Louise of Prussia! Dental set, 1810
oursin posts I was thinking C17th century, but it's really not even that long ago

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan links to ship bed linen

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Eight of Master and Commander this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Archie's Odyssey by jestana; Hornblower; R; Horatio Hornblower/Archie Kennedy, Horatio Hornblower/Maria Hornblower, William Bush, Edward Pellew, Edrington; Archie Kennedy turns up in Portsmouth while Horatio and William are away during Duty. Things go from there.

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