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[personal profile] sharpiefan2014-09-19 09:52 pm

Age of Sail Despatches #168

Note from the Editor: Hi everyone! Hard to believe that we're over halfway through September already; today was as sunny a day as any in august, with just a nip in the air to say that we're into autumn already. Hope you've all had a good week!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Charles Robert Malden
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts Buttons of the 50th Foot

Miscellany and meta:
[personal profile] sharpiefan links to Kannock's Korner men's clothing patterns
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A Fond Recollection
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Impressment Totals
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A Secret Mission Revealed
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Farewell to Thee, my Friends
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: From the Boat

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read is reading Far Side of the World, Chapter Three this weekend

Rec of the Week:
A vid. An Evening With Patrick O'Brian

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 (Default)
[personal profile] sharpiefan2012-01-19 04:31 pm

Age of Sail Despatches #52

Note from the Editor: Yes, it's a week since the last issue, and no, it doesn't feel like it! I hope you've all had a productive week!

Fanfic:
The Dogwatches Chapter 3 by [personal profile] barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
The Dogwatches Chapter 4 by [personal profile] barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
The Dogwatches Chapter 5 by [personal profile] barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Tigers at Night Part IIe by [personal profile] marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIf by [personal profile] marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIIa by [personal profile] marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIIb by [personal profile] marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IVa by [personal profile] marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Never in Life Chapter 1 by [personal profile] latin_cat; Sharpe; NC-17; Wellington/Sharpe, Harper, Hogan, Ramona, OCs; A mysterious plague causes particular and personal problems for Lord Wellington.
Never in Life Chapter 2 by [personal profile] latin_cat; Sharpe; NC-17; Wellington/Sharpe, Harper, Hogan, Ramona, OCs; A mysterious plague causes particular and personal problems for Lord Wellington.

Son et Lumière:
21 Garrow's Law icons by [personal profile] mswyrr

Of historical interest:
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts about Animals in the Napoleonic Army

Miscellany and meta:
[community profile] perfect_duet: [personal profile] latin_cat posts an idea

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of The Hundred Days this weekend
[community profile] perfect_duet: [personal profile] esteven asks about the future of memes
[community profile] perfect_duet: [livejournal.com profile] hrh_taliesin posts HML Huzzah: My life and fic snippet in progress

Rec of the Week:
There's a first for everything. There seems to be a spate of commercials with an AoS setting at the moment, and [personal profile] marines_messdeck has linked me to a couple of her favourites on YouTube: Hussars: Orange Cineday and Napoleon: Big Mac

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.