Age of Sail Despatches #37
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despatchesNote from the Editor:
A short edition this week, despite it being a week and a half since the last one came out. Such is life! Hope everyone is OK!
Fanfic:
Dogwatches Chapter 34 bybarefoot_bard; original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780.
Son et Lumière:
Of historical interest:
Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf posts Win a copy of The Radiant Boy at The 18th Century Blog
sharpiefan posts The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna by Charles Wolfe
Communities and challenges:
sid: Tuesday's theme at fic_promptly is War and Peace
mandc_read is reading Chapter Five of The Commodore
Rec of the Week:
(Oops - nearly forgot this! My bad!!) This week's rec is fromferoxargentea, who says: 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. The Language of home by ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
hedda62; M&C; Gen; Sarah Sweeting, Emily Sweeting, Stephen Maturin, Jemmy Ducks; Rescued island girl Sarah Sweeting reflects on her life aboard Surprise.
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.
A short edition this week, despite it being a week and a half since the last one came out. Such is life! Hope everyone is OK!
Fanfic:
Dogwatches Chapter 34 by
barefoot_bard; original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Discontent and mutiny aboard a Royal Navy frigate. American Revolution, 1780.Son et Lumière:
Of historical interest:
Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf posts Win a copy of The Radiant Boy at The 18th Century Blogsharpiefan posts The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna by Charles WolfeCommunities and challenges:
sid: Tuesday's theme at fic_promptly is War and Peacemandc_read is reading Chapter Five of The CommodoreRec of the Week:
(Oops - nearly forgot this! My bad!!) This week's rec is from
feroxargentea, who says: 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. The Language of home by 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.
