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[esteven]

Reading Master and Commander’s first chapter will soon begin. What joy

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[tootsiemuppet]

Sending you an email with more links to add! :D

*glomps you like a glompy thing*

[esteven]

Received the mail, have added.
*glomps in return*

[arwella]

Thank you, for all love!

[esteven]

But remember, there is no need to read any of this. The Aubreyad is wonderful in itself and I hope to see you when the groupread starts.

[arwella]

>But remember, there is no need to read any of this.
That's a good point of course, but I am a mad man, lol. And the better point is that there is extremely helpful stuff for the cannon. I'll be definetley in groupread - using all this.

[esteven]

I can well understand that. When I read the books for the first time, the more I progressed the more I wanted to know about sailing, the era, the RN, the people, the cities and towns etc. That's when I started to collect books and links. May you enjoy yourself. :D

[tabaqui]

Nice. Can't wait to start reading!

[esteven]

I am also getting impatient and have Master and Commander on my bedside table. :D

[silsbee329]

So many wonderful links! Thank you. :)

[esteven]

Again, you do not need to read any of those books and links, just enjoy the books. But if you are a bit like me and get curious about sailing, the RN, the era, the battles and the people, then you may like to come back to these posts and find a book or a link you may want to follow.

[arwella]

There exists the book Richard-Henry Dana Two Years Before the Mast. It is an account of american sailor of his service in some later years, the thirtees of the ninteenth century, but it gives good impression. (I was reading some extracts, it is still in my reading-list). And the language is quite poetic