sharpiefan: Tall ship under full sail (Sailing)
sharpiefan ([personal profile] sharpiefan) wrote in [community profile] despatches2013-04-25 10:28 pm

Age of Sail Despatches #114

Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Amatungulu by [personal profile] josbanks; Aubreyad; R; Jack/Sally; A chance encounter off the Cape on HMS Resolution changes Jack Aubrey’s life forever.
Reenactors Chapter 7 by [personal profile] josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; At the outset of the engagement between the Shannon and Chesapeake, Jack and Stephen find themselves inexplicably on the deck of USS Constitution in Boston two hundred years in the future.
Reenactors Chapter 8 - Conclusion by [personal profile] josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; At the outset of the engagement between the Shannon and Chesapeake, Jack and Stephen find themselves inexplicably on the deck of USS Constitution in Boston two hundred years in the future.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
From [syndicated profile] oldcuddy_feed: The Collingwood Society - Collingwood the Gunner: A Talk by Andrew Griffith

Miscellany and meta:
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A Stop in New Harmony
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: At New Harmony '13
From [wordpress.com profile] austenblog: Edwardian is the new Victorian

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read will be reading Chapter 11 of HMS Surprise this weekend

Rec of the Week: Beating to Windward by [archiveofourown.org profile] Atropos_lee; Hornblower (novels); Bush, Hornblower, Pellew, Kennedy, 1833: An Ancient Mariner on an unexpected journey of remembrance Warning: Contains spoilers for the entire Hornblower canon.

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