21 - Chapter One- General, Nautical, Political
Captain Aubrey joined the South African squadron in the River Plate, going aboard HMS Suffolk, taking com¬mand of her and hoisting or causing to be hoisted the flag, blue at the mizzen
How fast the Admiralty has changed Jack’s flag ship! Only a book ago it had been HMS Implacable! Thank goodness Stephen and Sir Joseph invented the internet.
I think we will come across a number of these inconsistencies which would have been caught by a proof-reader, surely (?)After all, this is not a finished book, but a draft which is likely to make us wonder how it would have read in the end.
Let us know your thoughts on the blue piece of bunting, the business of a legate or Jack’s secret mission in Chile.
Please join our discussion on Dreamwidth
How fast the Admiralty has changed Jack’s flag ship! Only a book ago it had been HMS Implacable! Thank goodness Stephen and Sir Joseph invented the internet.
I think we will come across a number of these inconsistencies which would have been caught by a proof-reader, surely (?)After all, this is not a finished book, but a draft which is likely to make us wonder how it would have read in the end.
Let us know your thoughts on the blue piece of bunting, the business of a legate or Jack’s secret mission in Chile.
Please join our discussion on Dreamwidth