Despatches

Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Meet the REAL crew
hmsacasta_feed: Poor Unfortunate Darby
hmsacasta_feed: Meet Francis Decimus Hastings
hmsacasta_feed: Georgre Francis Seymour; Volunteer First Class
hmscasta_feed: Lt. John Shepherd
perfect_duet: Very early GPS: Jack would have known about it

Miscellany and meta:
ohveda recs This Side of the Rain by Erinye; JSMN; Explicit; Childermas/Segundus

Communities and challenges:

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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: Hope you've all had a great week! It's a short one this week. I don't generally include a Rec of the Week any more (it was getting harder and harder to find anything) but it came to my attention the yesterday was the fourth anniversary of my announcement here of sid's passing, so it felt appropriate to post something of hers. If you have any AoS links, or comms I don't know about, or you post fic (unlocked) in your journal and want me to link it, please let me know!

Fanfic:
Idle Hands by potentiality26; JSMN; PG-13; John Childermass/John Segundus, Mr. Honeyfoot, Vinculus; Childermass' plan to keep himself occupied at Starecross may not be quite perfect.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part I
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Prt II
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge Part III
hmsacasta_feed: Purvis Lodge, Part IV

Communities and challenges:

Rec of the Week:
Sophie's Secret by sid; Aubreyad; NC-17; Sophie, Jack, Stephen.

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Note from the Editor:

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
regshoe: The geography of the Raven King's Northern England
hmsacasta_feed: A damned unfortunate business
hmsacasta_feed: A found letter
hmsacasta_feed: A letter to Mother Linden
hmsacasta_feed: Of further interest
ohveda: Childermass and Segundus whump

Communities and challenges:
corsets_and_carriages: New header + one thing to know

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Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
sea_changed posts Favourite historical series at historium
Book review: The War For All the Oceans at hmsacasta_feed
Book review: Female Tars at hmsacasta_feed
Fic recs: medusine at black_sails: Black Sails fic recs

Of historical interest:
Nelson's Hospital at hmsacasta_feed

Miscellany and meta:
Finding (C.S.) Forester at hmsacasta_feed
oursin: Madame C-C related questions
sharpiefan: Despatches State of Play (and please tell people about it!

Communities and challenges:
ohveda: Christmas headcanons at friendsofenglishmagic
black_sails is a brand new community for fans of the show Black Sails

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Note from the Editor: I'm sorry Despatches vaguely ceased without warning! I would like to get back to updating this newsletter regularly. The Reader will only let me go back so far, so if I've missed anything, please comment below with links and I'll add it in! It would be super helpful if you could include a rating of some description with your link/original post.

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
Fanvid: In The Army Now (Sharpe; PG)

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan posts Community recs for newcomers

Communities and challenges:
perfect_duet: The Advent Challenge
friendsofenglishmagic is a brand new Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell community
historium is a new community for historical fandoms

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

Fanfic:
Perigee by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Stephen/Diana; Babbington, Jack, Stephen and Diana; The happiest morning of Stephen Maturin’s entire life comes to pass.

Son et Lumière:
sharpiefan links to an Age of Sail ad for HSBC Bank

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts Headlines from 1811

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: Royal Navy Fun on Friday

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Mauritius Command, Chapter Two this weekend
patches_the_shipcat's historical journal has closed
thisbluespirit is promoting the Obscure & British Comment Fest

Rec of the Week: The Shadow on the King's Roads by Quasar; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; G; The arrival of the Misses Enderwhild in London caused a great stir in Society, for they were to be chaperoned by Mrs Arabella Strange.

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Note from the Editor
This is the first issue of Despatches in this new year of 2011, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year. I hope that you all have a very good year this year, and I do hope that you will keep on writing - and drawing, vidding and making icons.

It is with great sadness that I heard of the death of the actor Pete Postlethwaite this week. As many of you know, he played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in Sharpe. May you rest in peace, Mr Postlethwaite.

Fanfic:
Lieutenant Bennet's Visit by beatrice_otter. (PG) Elizabeth’s reality is far different from her sisters’. Elizabeth Bennet. Pride and Prejudice/Temeraire crossover.
Thin Ice 4/9 by vanilla_elf. (PG-13 to very mild R) Garrow asks Norrington to give a testimony of character for a sailor on trial at the Old Bailey. Norrington/Gillette, Garrow/Sarah, Jones/Jasker, Mr. Southouse, Mr. Silvester, Sir Arthur Hill, Mary, Mr. Farmer, Judge Buller and many more. This chapter with a Jack Aubrey cameo. Garrow's Law, POTC
Sharpe's Marines, Part 3: View Halloo! by sharpiefan (PG) “What did Sharpe and the Marines of HMS Pucelle really make of each other?” Sharpe, Llewellyn, Chase, OCs Sharpe
Coincidences, Part 4 by latin_cat (PG) The Doctor has landed in the 1800s, and his latest quarry has gone to ground aboard an RN frigate - but he also finds a familiar face. Eight, Charley Pollard, Bolitho, Deveral, Bush, OCs StC/Old Who crossover
The Night Before Chirstmas by latin_cat (PG) A traditional Festive Favourite, retold by Dr. S. E. Maturin. Stephen/Jack, Killick, Bonden, Davis Aubreyad

Of historical interest:
From Austenblog: Celebrating 200 years of Sense and Sensibility
sharpiefan posts about the division of prize money in Nelson's Navy
vanilla_elf posts the snuffbox, the French Admiral and the Lieutenant's Wife

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf lets us know that Pete Postlethwaite has died
vanilla_elf tells us that The Radiant Boy is now available from Amazon
vanilla_elfhas spotted a historical blooper in POTC 4
From Austenblog: The Janeite Times #2
From Austenblog: Monday Ebooks: Shiny Edition
sharpiefan posts about AoS books and Literature on the Age of Napoleon
From Austenblog: Happy Holidays
From Austenblog: Wearing her Janeite Heart on her Sleeve
From Austenblog: Christmas, Austen-style, Day 2

Communities and challenges:
lieutenant_bennet is a new community for Jane Austen/Temeraire crossovers

Rec of the Week:
A Different Magic by latin_cat (U) Strange finds a different magic at work in the Peninsula. Wellington, Strange, Whyte Jonathan Norrell & Mr Norrell

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