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sharpiefan ([personal profile] sharpiefan) wrote in [community profile] despatches2013-02-15 09:28 pm

Age of Sail Despatches #105

Note from the Editor: A little late, sorry about that. Hope you've had a good week, though? Have a nice weekend!

Fanfic:
Sharpe's Descent: Prologue by [personal profile] farothiels_fic; Sharpe; PG13; Richard Sharpe, Sir Arthur Wellesley and Marquess Wellesley; Sharpe acquires a father. Initially, neither he nor Sir Arthur are made terribly happy by this turn of events.
Sharpe's Descent Part1 by [personal profile] farothiels_fic; Sharpe; PG13; Richard Sharpe, Sir Arthur Wellesley and Marquess Wellesley; Sharpe acquires a father. Initially, neither he nor Sir Arthur are made terribly happy by this turn of events.
Sharpe's Descent Part 2 by [personal profile] farothiels_fic; Sharpe; PG13; Richard Sharpe, Sir Arthur Wellesley and Marquess Wellesley; Sharpe acquires a father. Initially, neither he nor Sir Arthur are made terribly happy by this turn of events.
Sharpe's Descent Part 3 by [personal profile] farothiels_fic; Sharpe; PG13; Richard Sharpe, Sir Arthur Wellesley and Marquess Wellesley; Sharpe acquires a father. Initially, neither he nor Sir Arthur are made terribly happy by this turn of events.
Sharpe's Descent Part 4 by [personal profile] farothiels_fic; Sharpe; PG13; Richard Sharpe, Sir Arthur Wellesley and Marquess Wellesley; Sharpe acquires a father. Initially, neither he nor Sir Arthur are made terribly happy by this turn of events.
From the Vickery Family Papers: Some Notes by [personal profile] sharpiefan and [personal profile] marashar; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery, Edward, Lord Torrington; written for a thread on Show the Colours and copied
From the Vickery Family Papers, Vol II Letter 1 by [personal profile] sharpiefan; Show the Colours; John Vickery; Letter home from Portugal, dated 12th March 1811
Amongst Butterflies by [personal profile] mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Combeferre/Prouvaire; Combeferre and Jehan catch butterflies. And--things go from there.

Son et Lumière:
Screencaps: Brotherhood of Wolves screencaps by [personal profile] chrsvg

Of historical interest:
[community profile] hm_jollies: [personal profile] wayward_shadows posts Marines & Mutiny, HMS Excellent
[personal profile] oursin links to The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913

Miscellany and meta:
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: St Valentine's Day 1813
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Taking Tea
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Signal from HMS Ramillies
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Another Signal from Ramillies

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read will be reading Chapter Two of HMS Surprise this week
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Navigation Lesson the Second: Solved
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Navigation Lesson Answered... Again
[personal profile] aralias informs us about the Panfandom Mills & Boon/Harlequin fic challenge at [community profile] unconventionalcourtship

Rec of the Week:
Posted as a fic rec by [personal profile] sid: Improving Lessons by [personal profile] ariadnes_string; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack/Sophie/Stephen; from the Porn Battle XIV round-up post, using the prompts teaching, sharing, comfort.

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