Age of Sail Despatches #170
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despatchesNote from the Editor:
Reminder: if you want your fanfic to be linked here, please include a rating before any cuts, so that I can include one with the link. Also, I have chosen to stop including links to the Acasta blog in Despatches, although I can reinstate those links should the newsletter's readers wish me to do so.
Fanfic:
To The Last Syllable byalltoseek; Aubreyad; Gen; Stephen Maturin, Diana Villiers, Mrs Williams, Colonel and Mrs Cholmondeley, Mrs Morris; The full story of the incident at the bridge in Maiden Oscott.
A letter from Diana byjustincase; Aubreyad; PG-13; A missing scene from Fortune of War. Diana has written to Sophie about Jack and Stephen being prisoners, injured, and in hospital.
A Man's Worth bybarefoot_bard; Original; K+ (13 years old and up); Original characters; A Marine and his comrades face battle at sea. October, 1805
Son et Lumière:
Of historical interest:
sharpiefan links to Photos of veterans of the Grande Armee in 1858
latin_cat links to The Gibraltar Chronicle, 1805
sharpiefan posts about Trafalgar Day
Miscellany and meta:
Communities and challenges:
sharpiefan is trying to gauge interest in a Watch of Master & Commander
mandc_read is reading The Far Side of the World, Chapter Nine this weekend
Rec of the Week:
I should like to recommend the HMS Acasta blog, which I haven't linked to for a little while now. As you no doubt recall, there are some extremely interesting items on a regular basis. It can be found at http://www.hmsacasta.com/ and you can subscribe to the RSS feed here on DW at![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png)
hmsacasta_feed.
Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.
Reminder: if you want your fanfic to be linked here, please include a rating before any cuts, so that I can include one with the link. Also, I have chosen to stop including links to the Acasta blog in Despatches, although I can reinstate those links should the newsletter's readers wish me to do so.
Fanfic:
To The Last Syllable by
alltoseek; Aubreyad; Gen; Stephen Maturin, Diana Villiers, Mrs Williams, Colonel and Mrs Cholmondeley, Mrs Morris; The full story of the incident at the bridge in Maiden Oscott.A letter from Diana by
justincase; Aubreyad; PG-13; A missing scene from Fortune of War. Diana has written to Sophie about Jack and Stephen being prisoners, injured, and in hospital.A Man's Worth by
barefoot_bard; Original; K+ (13 years old and up); Original characters; A Marine and his comrades face battle at sea. October, 1805Son et Lumière:
Of historical interest:
sharpiefan links to Photos of veterans of the Grande Armee in 1858latin_cat links to The Gibraltar Chronicle, 1805sharpiefan posts about Trafalgar DayMiscellany and meta:
Communities and challenges:
sharpiefan is trying to gauge interest in a Watch of Master & Commander mandc_read is reading The Far Side of the World, Chapter Nine this weekendRec of the Week:
I should like to recommend the HMS Acasta blog, which I haven't linked to for a little while now. As you no doubt recall, there are some extremely interesting items on a regular basis. It can be found at http://www.hmsacasta.com/ and you can subscribe to the RSS feed here on DW at
hmsacasta_feed.Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.