Despatches

Note from the Editor: It's Trafalgar Day! How are you celebrating it - if 'celebrating' is the right word. How are you paying tribute to the Immortal Memory and the sacrifice of so many in, probably, the most famous Naval battle of all time? No fic this week, I'm afraid.

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts about Trafalgar Day
latin_cat posts Trafalgar Day 2011
oldcuddy_feed posts Trafalgar Day: A Toast
patches_the_shipcat posts Of the 50th Regiment of Foot, of the 5/60th Rifles and sometimes of the enemy itself

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf posts How Gillette and Groves almost escaped to Mexico
sharpiefan posts about rumours of more Sharpe onscreen
janeaustenblog_feed posts More movies!
sharpiefan posts about A Star to Steer Her By: A Masterclass in the Maritime Novel at the NMM in November

Communities and challenges:
showthecolours is hosting a Kink Meme: Round Three

Rec of the Week:
A Letter Full of News by sphinxvictorian; Persuasion; Gen; Anne Elliot, Frederick Wentworth, Admiral Croft, Sophia Croft From the correspondence of Mrs. George Croft, newly edited and printed by the author at the permission of the lady's descendants.

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Note from the Editor: I think this is going to be another short one! Please keep posting your Age of Sail stuff - the more you post, the more you'll find linked to from here!

Fanfic:
An Extract from the Guidebook to Fallbrooke House by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U; Description of a particular portrait in Fallbrooke House

Son et Lumière:
From janeaustenblog_feed: Video Review of the Louisville Jane Austen Festival

Of historical interest:
latin_cat posts part of The Army List of 1800

Miscellany and meta:
From janeaustenblog_feed: So you want to write like Jane Austen?
From janeaustenblog_feed: Another Unscheduled Sabbatical

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Chapter Nine ofThe Commodore

Rec of the Week:
A vid, recced by marines_messdeck: Hornblower: Roll Call!

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