sharpiefan: Close-up of Marine jacket and drum text 'Beat to Quarters' (Marine beat to quarters)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor:
Reminder: if you want your fanfic to be linked here, please include a rating before any cuts, so that I can include one with the link. Also, I have chosen to stop including links to the Acasta blog in Despatches, although I can reinstate those links should the newsletter's readers wish me to do so.

Fanfic:
To The Last Syllable by [personal profile] alltoseek; Aubreyad; Gen; Stephen Maturin, Diana Villiers, Mrs Williams, Colonel and Mrs Cholmondeley, Mrs Morris; The full story of the incident at the bridge in Maiden Oscott.
A letter from Diana by [personal profile] justincase; Aubreyad; PG-13; A missing scene from Fortune of War. Diana has written to Sophie about Jack and Stephen being prisoners, injured, and in hospital.
A Man's Worth by [personal profile] barefoot_bard; Original; K+ (13 years old and up); Original characters; A Marine and his comrades face battle at sea. October, 1805

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
[personal profile] sharpiefan links to Photos of veterans of the Grande Armee in 1858
[personal profile] latin_cat links to The Gibraltar Chronicle, 1805
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts about Trafalgar Day

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
[personal profile] sharpiefan is trying to gauge interest in a Watch of Master & Commander
[community profile] mandc_read is reading The Far Side of the World, Chapter Nine this weekend

Rec of the Week:
I should like to recommend the HMS Acasta blog, which I haven't linked to for a little while now. As you no doubt recall, there are some extremely interesting items on a regular basis. It can be found at http://www.hmsacasta.com/ and you can subscribe to the RSS feed here on DW at [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed.

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: Age of Sail Marines straightening their uniforms (Marines preparing for parade)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: How's your week been - good, I hope?

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Press-gang at New Boston

Of historical interest:
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Keeping it Legal

Miscellany and meta:
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: The Valiant signals again
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: A Letter to the Captain
From [syndicated profile] hmsacasta_feed: Meet the Acastas

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read will be reading Desolation Island Chapter Seven this weekend
[personal profile] sharpiefan is hosting a Trafalgar Day Challenge

Rec of the Week:
Osborne of Ours by [archiveofourown.org profile] mctabby; Vanity Fair; George Osborne, William Dobbin, Amelia Sedley; Dobbin and Mrs. Dobbin have this much in common, at least: George Osborne messed with their heads as well as their hearts.

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: Background of a tall ship with text 'That's the old Temeraire sir, or I'm a Dutchman' (Temeraire)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Note from the Editor: It's been a pretty quiet week for me - how's it been for you? Did you remember to toast the Immortal Memory on Sunday - Trafalgar Day?

Fanfic:
Per Mare, Per Terram by [personal profile] sharpiefan; M&C/Aubreyad; PG; Jack, Stephen, Captain Howard, original characters; Stephen gets shot accidentally and the Marines are guilty by association

Son et Lumière:
[personal profile] sharpiefan links to a Jack/Stephen fanvid by [archiveofourown.org profile] heuradys

Of historical interest:
[personal profile] latin_cat posts Trafalgar 2012
From [wordpress.com profile] oldcuddy: Now, Gentlemen, let us dosomething today which the world may talk of hereafter
[personal profile] vanilla_elf posts Admiral Collingwood's Diary is up for Auction, and I'm up for a Rant
[personal profile] oursin inks to an article about resurrection men

Miscellany and meta:
[personal profile] riverlight gives us a belated link about the Catalan separatist movement
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts The Fighting Temeraire
[personal profile] alltoseek posts Published Book by Doctor S.E. Maturin

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of Post Captain this weekend.
[personal profile] sharpiefan is running a Minor Characters Fic Challenge - the prompts post is here
[community profile] for_all_love is a community for fanfic based on M&C and the Aubreyad

Rec of the Week: (Can't believe I nearly forgot this!!) Coach Ride by [personal profile] seriesfive; Aubreyad; 18/NC-17; Jack/Stephen; Jack, Stephen, and a coach ride through London.

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: Fleet of tall ships, text 'England expects...' (England expects)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
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:
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts about Trafalgar Day
[personal profile] latin_cat posts Trafalgar Day 2011
[syndicated profile] oldcuddy_feed posts Trafalgar Day: A Toast
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts Of the 50th Regiment of Foot, of the 5/60th Rifles and sometimes of the enemy itself

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

Communities and challenges:
[community profile] showthecolours is hosting a Kink Meme: Round Three

Rec of the Week:
A Letter Full of News by [archiveofourown.org profile] 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.

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: Ship's glass, text 'eight bells' (Eight bells)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Fanfic:
St Dabeoc's Health by [personal profile] elb (PG), Stephen, Bridie Coolan, OCs (M&C)
Sharpe's Marines, Part 1 by [personal profile] sharpiefan (PG) Sharpe, Llewellyn, OCs (S)
[personal profile] sharpiefan reposts her Alphabet Soup entries(PG) Hornblower, Kennedy, OCs (HH)

Of historical interest:
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts about Marie Angélique Joseph Duchemin, a woman who served in the French Army
[profile] oldcuddy posts about the Battle of Trafalgar (If someone could tell me how to get the RSS feed icon to show up rather than the generic userhead, I will shower you with love and affection!)
[profile] oldcuddy tells us a letter from Admiral Collingwood is up for auction

Miscellany and meta:
[personal profile] vanilla_elf tells us that Garrow's Law will return on 14th November
[personal profile] vanilla_elf tells us about the tall ship Falls of Clyde
[personal profile] epershand post an amusing picture of a dog in AoS costume

Communities and challenges:
[personal profile] sharpiefan posts a list of Age of Sail communities on Dreamwidth

Rec of the Week:
This week's rec is a YouTube vid: Dancing Alone by [livejournal.com profile] swiss_kun

Got a link for the next issue?
Please comment and let us know. And please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all!

Note: For fic links, M&C = Master and Commander or Aubreyad, HH = Hornblower, POTC = Pirates of the Caribbean, S = Sharpe. Others will be added as required.
sharpiefan: Tall ship under full sail (Sailing)
[personal profile] sharpiefan
Fanfic
Satellites by [personal profile] stealthboat (PG) (M&C) Jack/Stephen
Buoyancy by [personal profile] stealthboat (R) Jack teaches Will what it means to be a pirate. (POTC) Jack/Will
Surprise by [personal profile] stealthboat (G) (M&C) Jack, Stephen
Gale Force by [personal profile] idler_1814 (G) (HH) Bush, Hornblower
Steam and Sterling by [personal profile] idler_1814 (G) (HH) Hornblower
Veritas by [personal profile] idler_1814 (G)(HH) Another look at an incident from Commodore Hornblower; book!canon Bush
Divided We Fall, United We Stand, Part 9 by [personal profile] sharpiefan (PG) (HH) The events aboard His Majesty's Ship Renown, as seen by one of the Marines. Hornblower, Kennedy, Bush, Sawyer, OCs.
Divided We Fall, United We Stand, Part 10 by [personal profile] sharpiefan (PG) (HH) The events aboard His Majesty's Ship Renown, as seen by one of the Marines. Hornblower, Kennedy, Bush, Sawyer, OCs.
South Sea Christmas by [personal profile] sharpiefan (G) (M&C) Christmas in HMS Surprise on the far side of the world. Jack, Stephen, Surprises

Son et Lumière
[personal profile] vanilla_elf informs us that the Garrow's Law Series 2 DVD is available to pre-order

Of historical interest
[personal profile] sharpiefan reminds us that is was Trafalgar Day on Thursday
[personal profile] vanilla_elf posts about a 13-year-old veteran of Trafalgar
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts about life at sea in quotes from Young Nelsons
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts more about life at sea in quotes from Young Nelsons
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts even more about life at sea in quotes from Young Nelsons
[personal profile] patches_the_shipcat posts about the life of a governess

Miscellany and meta
[personal profile] vanilla_elf tells us That Radiant Boy has now gone into print
[personal profile] vanilla_elf links to an article about cleaning up London for the making of Garrow's Law Series 2

Communities and challenges
[community profile] blackpearlsails' weekly drabble challenge theme is fault

Got a link for the next issue?
Please comment and let us know. And please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all!

Note: For fic links, M&C = Master and Commander or Aubreyad, HH = Hornblower, POTC = Pirates of the Caribbean, S = Sharpe. Others will be added as required

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