Title: Conversation in Port Royal
Main pairing: Norrington/Gillette
Rating: may vary depending on the chapter; NC-17 for the whole story
Setting: COTBP. Not DMC and AWE compliant. But I adopted a character deserving much more than the sequels allowed him.
Acknowledgements: Beta by potboy.

Chapter 2 (PG-13) can be found here (part 1) and here (part 2)

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Paintings by Thomas Gainsborough (my fav)

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Paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds

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18th century art (various artists)

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Breaking the silence to say a big thank you tojoyful_molly and lineae for their wonderful postcard from Greenwich.

The main reason why I almost never post/comment on LJ these days is that, my job apart, I'm pretty busy with giving the ultimate polishing to "Conversation in Port Royal: Chapter 2" (are you ready for a new onslaught of the English language, alex_beecroft ? ;) ). I ( Read more... )

The awful backpain which is plaguing my weekend is having an unexpected useful side effect. I cannot bend to pick up the new laptop I use to see DVDs nor stay on the settee and stun myself with TV. The only place I can comfortably sit is my desk and polishing the second part of Conversation on the old laptop (which, luckily was already on the desk ( Read more... )

I think holidays are making me awfully lazy. ( read more )

I survived a house moving (with 40° C). The last week has been the most tiring and stressing of my whole life and I'm honestly glad all is finished. Having my earthly possessions collected into fifty boxes and seeing my Sony TV fly on a goods lift definitely affected my conceptions about human endurance. Luckily, (almost) all went as scheduled and ( Read more... )

"Lay medical knowledge in the eighteenth century: the evidence of the Gentleman's Magazine"
by R. Porter. Medical History, 1985, 29: 138-168

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PLAYING AT COMMAND: MIDSHIPMEN AND QUARTERDECK BOYS IN THE ROYAL NAVY, 1793-1815, by Samantha A. Cavell (2006)
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I found this thesis while researching for Conversation in Port Royal and before leaving for a few days (nominally they're holidays, but it's actually a matter of having to help Mother with some ( Read more... )

veronica_rich' posted a lovely Gillette drabble: Fire

Check this post by strangemuses