A few people on my flist have been talking about AOS non-fiction books and I thought I might join in the discussion and recommend a few that I have read, give the reasons why I think they should be read and maybe provide some excerpts from them. Hopefully this will encourage people in the AOS fandoms who don't know much about the historical context ( Read more... )

A drabble based on THIS painting by JMW Turner. No beta- since I wrote it half an hour before going to bed yesterday. XD

Chichester Canal

He had discovered the little clearing just by chance.

It looked down the length of Chichester canal as far as the eye could see with Sheerness on the horizon and not an hour would go by without him seeing a ship ( Read more... )

Chichester Canal 1818

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