Despatches

Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Fair Seas by tgarnsl; Hornblower; G; Hornblower, Bush

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: June 1799 captures

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Strong, Dark and Early by brewsternorth; Hornblower; Teen (strong language); Bush/Hornblower; Modern AU

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Peter Henwood, Purser

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: How to Speak and Write
hmsacasta_feed: Period Handwriting
austenblog_feed: Sodium

Communities and challenges:
hmsacasta_feed: Mail Packet Month
hmsacasta_feed: What should I write?
hmsloop_hotspur: May Prompts
hmsloop_hotspur: brewsternorth in Intro Post - Hello!

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
A Conversations in the Yellow Drawing Room, and Other Letters to Mrs Strange; 13+; JSM&MN; Emma Pole, John Childermass, John Segundus, Stephen Black; Lady Pole writes a letter to her friend Mrs Strange about an unexpected encounter;
Messing About by colebaltblue; NC-17; Hornblower; Bush/Hornblower; The morning after a perfect day.
HMK Nonsuch by sanguinity; Gen; Hornblower; Bush/Nonsuch; Bush loved Nonsuch before he ever set eyes on her.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: The Trial of Mr Cox
hmsacasta_feed: 11th March 1815
hmsacasta_feed: 12th March 1815

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: HMS Acasta by Patrick O'Brian
hmsacasta_feed: The Master-at-Arms: Between Two Worlds

Communities and challenges:

Rec of the Week:

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Note from the Editor: Please to note the creation of two new AoS communities: hmsloop_hotspur and poldarks

Fanfic:
come down and kiss me fairly by muccamukk; Kidnapped (RL Stevenson); Teen; Davie/Alan

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: Images of life at sea 2
hmsacasta_feed: Images from Fort Bowyer

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Popham's Signal Flags
friendsofenglishmagic: bookhobbit posts The political period in which John Uskglass conquered the North (not strictly AoS, but useful knowledge)
hmsacasta_feed: Procedures for Taking Prizes

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Book Review: The Seal Serpent
the_comfortable_courtesan: The Ironmaster's Tale will appear shortly

Communities and challenges:
historium is posting a Multifandom Friendship Commentfest
hmsloop_hotspur is a new community for fans of the Hornblower series
poldarks is a new community for Poldark fans


Rec of the Week:

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Note from the Editor: I'm trying to post regularly. Getting back into the swing of it is all very well till you suddenly have a really busy Friday and everything goes by the board (now there's a Naval saying for you! :D )

Fanfic:
1776 by senmut; 1776; General audiences; Character: Abigail Adams

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
anything_aos: ozfille posts Matthew Flinders Found

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Two Years Before the Mast - a review
hmsacasta_feed: James Moon Potbury: Volunteer Second Class
hmsacasta_feed: Meet John Pickthorn

Communities and challenges:
friendsofenglishmagic: regshoe posts JSMN and music
friendsofenglishmagic: leahclaire is requesting a beta-reader
historium: thisbluesprit puts up a Resources post

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Note from the Editor: Happy New Year to all of you! Please note that as of this issue, despatches will no longer link directly to anything posted on perfect_duet or any other LJ community. Links to perfect_duet and other DW communities will remain; the focus of this newsletter is, as it has always been, the fandom on DW. Links to external site that do not have a DW mirror community will remain.

Fanfic:
Adonais, Besieged by sweetsorcery; RPF; John Keats/Percy Shelley, Lord Byron/John Keats/Percy Shelley
Softly as I Leave You by ozfille; Aubreyad; NC-17; Stephen Maturin, Jack Aubrey, Sophie Aubrey, Padeen, Killick
Shadows in the Garden"> by earthspirits; Timeless/Versailles crossover; 18+; Lucy Preston, Garcia Flynn, Rufus Carlin, Fabien Marchal, Claudine Masson, Louis XIV, Philippe d'Orleans, Chevalier de Lorraine, Madame de Montespan, Princess Palatine, Emma Whitmore.
Christmas at Hartfield by boringmuse; Jane Austen's Emma; Gen; George Knightley/Emma Woodhouse

Son et Lumière:
hmsacasta_feed: 2018 in images

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Lord Nelson and the Polar Bear

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Book Review: Wreck of the Medusa - Mutiny, Murder, and Survival on the High Seas
hmscasta_feed: Mr N. Armitage
hmsacasta_feed: Welcome Aboard
22degreehaol: Vicboys demo released
ozfille: Proof for one of Stephen Maturin's theories

Communities and challenges:
corsets_and_carriages: Welcome + new header needed

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Note from the Editor: To new subscribers: Welcome! And to our old friends: Welcome back! Please tell your friends about despatches - and despatches about your Age of Sail fandom friends! The more the merrier, after all!

We had meant to post over the weekend but ended up trying to get a new battery for the car (it had to be jump-started three times in two days! Yippee!) How's your week been?

Fanfic:
ohveda posts A Warm Bed on a Cold Winter's Night; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (JS&MN); NC-17; John Segundus, John Childermass, Vinculus, original characters
rosefox posts Making Arrangements; Original Regency fic; PG; Original characters

Son et Lumière:
Poetry! rifleman_s: The Rainbow of Jack at perfect_duet
Fic recs: ohveda at friendsofenglishmagic: Childermass/Secundus
bookhobbit: Norell headcanons at friendsofenglishmagic
wolfinthethorns: Norrell headcanons at friendsofmagic
ohveda Segundus headcanons"> at friendsofenglishmagic

Of historical interest:
austenblog_feed: Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
hmsacasta_feed: Shirts!
hmsacasta_feed: Meet the REAL Acasta!
hmsacasta_feed: How to paint a bosun's hat

Miscellany and meta:
bookhobbit in friendsofenglishmagic: An Enquiry on the Nature of Eternal Darkness
bookhobbit in friendsofenglishmagic: On magic as a language
scripsi in historium: Fanfiction I have written (includes JS&MN, POTC and Sleepy Hollow 1999)
Book review: Slaver Captain on hmsacasta_feed
Picspam: Asleep on the job at hmsacasta_feed
Picspam: Images for nightwatch by hmsacasta_feed

Communities and challenges:
fukurodani: Any hopes that this community can be reignited? at temeraire (a Temeraire fanfic community)


Rec of the Week:

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Fanfic:
So Quick Bright THings Come to Confusion by sharpiefan; 15; The London Life RPG; Robbie Fitzgerald, original characters
My Kingdom For a Horse, Part1 by sharpiefan; U; The London Life RPG; Robbie Fitzgerald
My Kindom For a Horse, Part 2 by sharpiefan; U; The London Life RPG, Robbie Fitzgerald

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
rosefox asks about First Nations or Native American visitors to England circa 1810

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
cruisedirector posts LiveJournal/Dreamwidth Mirror
mandc_read is reading The Far Side of the World, Insidian Style

Rec of the Week:
Ramage and the Exiles by DisaLanglois (General Audiences) The year is 1807; the place is Portugal. Bonaparte is threatening to invade Portugal, unless the Portuguese Prince Regent declares war on Britain. Admiral Sir Sidney Smith sails with a fleet to Lisbon. His mission: to aid the Portuguese - or destroy them.

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Note from the Editor: Hope you've all had a good week!

Fanfic:
The Bearing of a Scholar by neveralarch; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; G; Mr. Norrell, Childermass, ensemble; "A man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one."

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
mandc_read: ozfille posts The true Sam, a black Archbishop who may have provided inspiration for his fictional counterpart

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Chapter Three of The Nutmeg of Consolation this weekend

Rec of the Week:

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:
Ties That Bind by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K+; Paol Kerjean, Mathilde Benveniste, Montreuil, Dominic Charcot, Jérémie Blanchard; Comrades are reunited after an eventful separation. Talavera, August 1809.
Safe by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; M; Paol Kerjean, Jérémie Blanchard; After being wounded in the midst of the fighting at Talavera, a French soldier tries to get back to his lines. Talavera, July 1809.
No Glad Tidings by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K+; Cross Johnson; A Marine receives only bad news when his ship calls at Gibraltar for stores and liberty runs. Gibraltar, August 1809.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
anything_aos: ozfille: The Voyages of Rose de Freycinet

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read are reading Chapter Four of The Thirteen=Gun Salute this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Ex Libris by latin_cat; Sharpe; G; Harris, Wellington, Dan Hagman; Harris’ search for literature gets him into trouble.

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