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As a self-described old, old man, Jeeves thinks back to the days when Bertie had gone off to war. And Jeeves had fought back in his own quiet way, behind the scenes, with eggs and sausages.
For the Fan-Flashworks challenge "the Other Side" and also suggested by the Yuletide prompt by Basingstoke.
There is a major character death, but not a terrible one as it comes at the end of a long, full life.
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- Part 2 of After the Heyday
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In a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, Ralph meets an old schoolmate and has a difficult choice to make.
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i have taught you how to fight or fly by eudaimon for lessthanpie
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein, Temeraire - Naomi Novik
22 Dec 2012
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Before you say anything - I know that it couldn't really have ended like this. But the world is both difficult and beautiful and, maybe somehow, she did make it back through that open window.
Maybe this is what came next.
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The Distant Hum of Engines by thankyouturtle for custardpringle
Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
20 Dec 2012
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Saint-George discovers that there's more war work for him than just fighting; and that sometimes, you do get a second chance.
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A coded letter is at the heart of a murder case. When Susan, aided by her colleagues at Bletchley Park, volunteers her assistance, the letter affects her life in unexpected ways.
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"There was a terrific row when Nana found out I'd only written one letter so she's sent me to write to you all properly, only I don't have anything left to say now and I do think it's silly to have to copy out the same letter twice." Posy Fossil's letters to her sisters from ballet school in Czechoslovakia, 1936-1938.
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For the purpose of glorifying the biographer, this incident should never be made known; but for the fact that it happened to Orlando, and held some significance, however small, in Orlando’s life, it must be duly noted and patiently presented, whatever the biographer’s own objections.
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It’s February 1943 in Tunisia, and a fierce battle is underway. The British First Army has Rommel's Afrika Korps on the run.
Robert Lewis, a British radio operator, is taken prisoner by the Nazis, and young Sergeant Wilhelm Gottchalk is tasked with delivering him to Rommel for interrogation. It’s believed that Lewis is a code breaker from Blenchley Park, which he consistently denies, claiming to be nothing special.
During their journey across the arid hills of southern Tunisia they are attacked, injured and take shelter in a desert canyon while the battle rages around them. Lewis begins to suspect the young officer may not be who, or what he seems.
cover art by artist venturous here
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"Looks like rain," the old man said, setting a folded newspaper on the park bench between us.
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Charlotte and Julien, after the war.
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"So, what's an American like you doing knocking around London at a time like this?"
A conversation in a pub while the Battle of Britain rages on.
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How Many Strawberries Grow in the Sea? by halotolerant for kindkit
Wooden Horse Series - Eric Williams, The Charioteer - Mary Renault
16 Dec 2012
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'Shaking himself a little, John methodically took off his new uniform jacket and then sat on the bed to remove his boots. New boots as well, issued on his return to Britain, stiff and tight and warm. Boots that had not marched or paced, boots that had none of the earth of Poland on them, boots without holes, without part of the laces removed for other projects.
That part of his life was over.'Back in Britain following the escape, John is alone with the impossible questions.
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There's more than one kind of ghost, and more than one kind of absence.
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The moments before they leave are always the quietest; before an action, Granby and Temeraire share a quiet moment to talk about why they fight.
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Very Little Soap and no Butter by Jay Tryfanstone (tryfanstone) for Jenn_Calaelen
Far Distant Oxus - Katharine Hull & Pamela Whitlock
9 Nov 2012
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Smog, secrets and sardines on toast: the inevitable separations of war. Maurice, the Hunterlys and half of the Clevertons, unexpectedly reunited.
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After the D-Day, the war rages on.
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In the intermittent light from outside, he could see she had a camera in both hands. British journalists, the only part of the war worse than the cliche. Zaf wanted to laugh.
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"Sophie realised that, yes, things were always found in the last place looked. But what she’d meant was that she’d found Henry in the last place she would’ve expected..."
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World War II has begun and Henry finds herself the only FitzOsborne left at Aunt Charlotte's. Being Henry, she tackles this with her usual aplomb.
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With the Wild Geese by halotolerant for kindkit
Colditz (1972), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - All Media Types
24 Dec 2011
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"The invitation has been sitting on the mantelpiece in Dick’s living room for almost a month. Not his usual style, displaying his social life like that - not that anyone but the char lady would have seen it - but when it had arrived he’d felt a momentary impulse to let it fall into the waste paper basket, and for that he deserved to see it constantly and learn not to be a bloody fool.
Unfinished business gets in the way of new plans; tonight is necessary, is an ending, and after he has gone through it he will, perhaps, stand some chance of freedom."