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... an unidentified naval officer...
A few more covetable items from the Charles Miller auction which is taking place in London next Wednesday...
Look at this beautiful navy boy, isn't he gorgeous? I find it rather sad that he has lost his name. Someone must have cherished this little portrait once.
Miniature portrait of an unidentified naval officer of c.1820, oil on ivory ovoid ( Read more... ) -
All There Is To Tell (2/2)
Title: All There Is To Tell (2/2)
Author: Anteros
Characters: Kennedy, Hornblower
Rating: PG-13
Notes: POW fic. How Archie got from the Gironde to El Ferrol.
( Horatio jolted upright with a start, woken by some long dormant instinct ) -
All There Is To Tell (1/2)
Title: All There Is To Tell (1/2)
Author: Anteros
Characters: Kennedy / Hornblower
Rating: PG-13
Notes: POW fic. Set after and before Hornblower and Kennedy return to Ferrol. Long, grim and really not very cheerful.
( Kennedy had returned to El Ferrol with understandably mixed feelings ) -
Bastards and Hurricanes
More news about Robert Bastard James, good and bad. The good news is that the inimitable nodbear has discovered that James survived the wreck of the packet brig Spey on Racoon Key in November 1840. The bad news is that he and his sailing master Mr Barratt were courtmartialed for the loss of the ship in February 1841. Both were severely reprimanded and ( Read more... ) -
From Dust We Come
Last night I posted a little entry about Midshipman Robert Bastard James, who was taken prisoner in a prize in 1804 at the age of just 16 and spent the next ten years in captivity despite several bold and spirited attempts to escape.
In Napoleon and His British Captives Michael Lewis describes James was a boy of extraordinary pluck and principal ( Read more... ) -
A man after Dr Maturin's heart
Another extraordinary little story from Mrs Elton's Locks Bolts and Bars: Stories of Prisoners in the French Wars 1759 - 1814, which inevitably made me think of a certain Dr Maturin. The tale is told by one Midshipman Robert Bastard James of the brig Rambler. James was just 16 years old when he was captured in a prize in 1804 but he proved to be ( Read more... ) -
Three AoS stories from the BBC
BBC news seem to have recruited an AoS fangirl/boy to their online editorial team. There have been no less than three AoS related news items this week!
The wreck that revealed the Mary Rose
On Monday there was an article about the loss of HMS Royal George and how the wreck led to the discovery of the remains of the Mary Rose. The first rate ( Read more... ) -
Molly's Lieutenant Innes
Earlier this summer while reading Michael Lewis’ Napoleon and his British Captives I was reminded of the lovely piece of detective work that joyful_molly did last year when she tracked down Lieutenant Thomas Innes whose snuff box appeared on the Antiques Roadshow. The pedigree of the snuff box is impressive, it was presented by French Admiral Compte de Grasse ( Read more... )
