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Note from the Editor: Hope everyone has had a good two weeks (or so). Sorry for the delay - and those who are reading through The Letter of Marque at [community profile] mandc_read can still comment on previous chapters.

Fanfic:
From the Vickery Family Papers Vol II, Letter 3 by [personal profile] sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U; John Vickery; Written the day after the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro

Son et Lumière:
[personal profile] vanilla_elf: Banished and Poldark have started
Screencaps: Poldark, Series 1, Episode 1 caps by [personal profile] vanilla_elf
Screencaps: Poldark Episode 1 by [personal profile] chrsvg
[wordpress.com profile] austenblog: BBC Mansfield Park dramatisation available on CD and at Audible

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
[personal profile] sharpiefan: Thinky stuff about Marines and new period dramas
[personal profile] sharpiefan is asking for Help

Communities and challenges:
[personal profile] sharpiefan has issued an informal Fandom crossover challenge
[community profile] mandc_read is reading The letter of Marque, Chapter Five this weekend (previous chapters can still be commented upon)
[personal profile] esteven: [community profile] perfect_duet: Celebrating Sid

Rec of the Week: Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe by [profile] idler1814/[archiveofourown.org profile] idler; Hornblower; G; William Bush; Morning, October 21, 1805, off Cape Trafalgar. Aboard Temeraire, William Bush and his men can only wait as they inch toward the Combined Fleet.


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.
sharpiefan: Line of Age of Sail Marines on parade (Hornblower)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: I apologise for the delay with this edition; I've had a couple of computer issues lately and am posting from a borrowed laptop. if you notice I've not linked to something which was posted since the previous edition of Despatches, please let me know and I'll include a link for it.

Fanfic:
Terror by [personal profile] justincase; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack/Stephen. In the darkness he could see nothing, yet he moved with the knowledge of a man who well knew where he was, he had been here many times before.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts I spy a Marine. Or two, or three
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts Belmont Park
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts Useful AoS linkage
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts 10/10 on the 'Weird Things People Do' Scale

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read are currently reading Reverse of the Medal, Chapter Nine

Rec of the Week:
This is Why They Call it Falling by [archiveofourown.org profile] rain_sleet_snow; Persuasion; Gen; Anne Elliot, Frederick Wentworth; No poet ever sauntered gently into love, and neither does Frederick Wentworth.

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.

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