Age of Sail Despatches #107

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Note from the Editor: Please pardon the belatedness of this week's Despatches. Have a good weekend!

Fanfic:
Sharpe's Descent - 3rd August 1809 part 1 by farothiels_fic; 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 - 3rd August 1809 part 2 by farothiels_fic; 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 - 3rd August 1809 part 3 by farothiels_fic; 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 - 4-15th August 1809 by farothiels_fic; 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 - 20th August 1809 by farothiels_fic; 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 - 21st-22nd August 1809 by farothiels_fic; 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 - 22nd August 1809 cont'd by farothiels_fic; 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 - Epilogue: Asquerosa by farothiels_fic; 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: Gold by farothiels_fic; Sharpe; PG13; Wellington, Sharpe, Hogan; Wellington loses a bet
Five StC Fics I Am Not Writing by le_russe_satan; show the Colours; PG-13; Torrington/Hunter, some Sharpe/Wellesley

Son et Lumière:
From hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea #15
From hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea #16
From hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea #17
From hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea #18
From hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea #19
Something in the expression on this blue-footed booby seems familiar by josbanks

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: March Business
mmejavert links to An essay by a favourite author on her experience of re-reading Master and Commander

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter 4 of HMS Surprise this weekend

Rec of the Week: Just to prove that it's not just fangirls who are slightly crazy about their fandom, I present you with a performance of a piece of classical music. The Hornblower Suite was written after reading CS Forester's Hornblower novels. And for something more along the lines of fandom as we know it, have a 'traditional' fanvid: Everybody Knows (Hornblower vid to a McFly song)

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