Fic : All have won and all shall have prizes.

[nodbear]

On Friday I was able to cram in 3 hours work on anteros_lmc and my project regaring the actual Indefatigable crew in 1797 and I discovered that in the week of January 3-11th they took 4 prizes in 4 days - and the ship suddenly became somewhat short of midshipmen as a whole line of them were dispatched to sail various prizes back to England

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[eglantine_br]

My hand was over my mouth the whole time i read to keep giggles in. I love the idea of AK and HH as serious disciplinarians. I am sure the notion of it entertains the older 3 too.

I am also impressed that it was written as a play. Writing that way, with dialog only is so hard and spare. I depend so much myself, on description... Plays and poems too. All that hard structure. You really do like a challenge, don't you?

[nodbear]

I am also impressed that it was written as a play. Writing that way, with dialog only is so hard and spare. I depend so much myself, on description... Plays and poems too. All that hard structure. You really do like a challenge, don't you?

it just came out this way this time = but I do like a challenge yes- and i think it is also a question of how I can keep myself reined in.~
Your descriptions are beautiful otfen and yet spare - mine tend to the verbose so confining oneself to dialogue and poetic schemes is one way of self - discipline

btw - you can let the giggles out can't you ? glad they were there anyway.

[anteros_lmc]

Rofl! This still completely creases me up! I can just hear these two mischievous wee boys and of course Archie is being a complete devil! You know I just adore the way you interweave fact and fiction and I think this is one of your best. Silliest yes, but also best :) I hope they didn't drink all that brandy in a oner! These admiralty documents really are a gold mine aren't they?

For the sake of scholarly completion, which I know is as close to your heart as it is to mine ;) here's the full citation for the Cadogan book:

Pearman, R., (1990), The Cadogans at War 1783 - 1864 Haggerston Press, London.

[nodbear]

Thanks for the refernce - I searched around in your email and hadn't found it - but I agree it should be complete !

yes,I rather like Georgy and Fleet together - a sort of non -slash junior Archie and Horatio in a way.

Archie is being very naughty indeed - how is poor Horaio now supposed to teach middies when all his concentration has just left his brain for a lower destination ..

I dare say Archie will pay for it later - at least Archie is hoping he will :)

[anteros_lmc]

how is poor Horaio now supposed to teach middies when all his concentration has just left his brain for a lower destination ..

*snort* You are incorrigible! Shocking behaviour ;)

[nodbear]

Horatio's heart I meant of course !
What are you suggesting ;)

[lemurling]

The hero worship is so adorable, and I'm sure Horatio would be completely befuddled by it. And the elder Pellew boy being so concerned about family honor. It must have been quite a trial at times to have one's older brother on your case all the time, as if having your dad for your boss wasn't bad enough. :)

Very fun, thank you for posting.

[nodbear]

Thank you - hoped it would be fun.

in their historical lives the two elder Pellew boys - perhaps inevitably - did have a rivalry thing going to some extent.And it was far from easy living up to their father's name of course, and in many ways they didn't manage it particularly in later career. Pownall sadly died in middle age, in 1833, surviving his dad by only about 10 months- a horrible year for Susan and the family.

Yes, I did feel FLeetwood had the right to feel a little cornered in between his father and his big brother .

I have a feeling Fleet and Georgy will be back with their junior - eye view of shipboard life ere long!

[vespican]

Is it JOHN Bracegirdle or ANTHONY Bracegirdle? Seems that when Hornblower and Bracegirdle meet in HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS, Mr. Bracegirdle is "Anthony."
Dave
P. S. Perhaps I'm crossing between the books and the movies.

[nodbear]

You are right Dave - I am fairly sure doesn't have a Christian name in the T V Series but since the beginning of my fics I have named him John

in honour of John Thomson the actual first lieutenant on the Indy at the time, whose alter ego he is.

and similarly with Thomas Bowles -the name is my invention for John Thomson junr ( son of the above ) who became acting sailing master of the Indy.

They have names therefore which put them in the world between history and fiction - which is where my stories tend to be.

Incidentally there was a real Mr Bowles on the Indy He was Samuel Bowles, a boatswains mate, and he lived, when home, in Plymouth Dock with his wife Margaret and their family.

[esmerelda_t]

Poor Fleetwood, that's quite the mental image of what his Papa may get up to on shore leave! He'll be needing some of that brandy!

Bastard wasn't Pownall's real middle name was it?

[nodbear]

Fleetwood is exactly that age when he thinks his parents couldn't possibly..,poor lad - he will need a stiff drink

I am afraid it really was Bastard - both the elder boys have a collection of surnames of EP's friends as Christian names - hence his beloved captain Pownall, his best friend Alex Broughton etc - and yes there was a family with whom they were connected by marraige whose surname was Bastard.
I think after Fleetwood, Susan took over naming the childen - since the two younger boys were named George and Edward
The names Pownall and Fleetwood have gone on through to the present era - strangely enough though Pownall's middle name has died out in family use...

[esmerelda_t]

I think it was very sensible of Susan to put her foot down and insist on picking the names herself, poor Pownall.