Age of Sail Despatches #36

[sharpiefan]

Note from the Editor:
Looks as though LJ' back up from the recent DDOS attack. Hello to those AoSers who have joined us during LJ's downtime. It's a short issue this week and there are no fics. If you write AoS fic, or you know someone who does, and despatch_reader isn't subscribed, please comment so we can link. That goes for anyone producing any sort of AoS content at all, in fact!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
Podfic: More Certain of Affection by Keiko Kirin (sakana17) read by luzula; Master and Commander; R; Jack/Stephen; 1h 23m 06s; Undercover in a gay bar, Age of Sail style

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts Those Forgotten Heroes: The Royal Marines in the Age of Nelson
janeaustenblog_feed: All About Henry Tilney

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan posts A very belated report on March's Patrick O'Brian Weekend

Communities and challenges:
rambling_soldier: sharpiefan posts a discussion post:It's all a question of Sharpe's Fights
mandc_read will be discussing Chapter Four of The Commodore this week

Rec of the Week:
Like Ghosts by barefoot_bard; Bolitho; Ages 13+; A pair of soldiers struggle to find their way without a regiment to support them.

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.

Comments

[latin_cat]

Well... I have an art rec off the Theban Band website Horatio/Bush. Would need a rating warning, though.

[feroxargentea]

Can I rec this fic, even though it's not on DW? It recently turned up on AO3 - a few years old but new to me. It's from the POV of the little orphan girl that Stephen Maturin rescued from a smallpox-ridden Melanesian island, telling the side of the story that Patrick O'Brian ignored. http://archiveofourown.org/works/224130

Also this, cos it's just what you WOULD say if a huge flying lizard attacked your boat: http://ubiquitouspitt.hypermart.net/roundthebend/dragon.html