Listing Bookmarks

List of Bookmarks

  1. Rec 1

    Summary

    Riga Bay, November, 1812.

    William Bush, in temporary command of Nonsuch, prepares to lead Hornblower's squadron home.

    26 Apr 2012

  2. Rec 2

    Summary

    A venerable Navy tradition is passed along.

    8 Jan 2012

  3. Public Bookmark 1

    This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.

    1 Sep 2011

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    "I told you there are advantages to breaking curfew, Scully."
  4. Public Bookmark 2

    Summary

    In 1816, Sir Thomas Cochrane was implicated in the Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814, fined a thousand pounds, sentenced to the pillory, struck from the Navy List and stripped of his knighthood. Patrick O’Brian used that for his novel the Reverse of the Medal, and this is the event as seen from Hornblower’s point of view.

    21 Aug 2011

  5. Rec 1

    Summary

    She blushes and he wonders that he has the power to do that, even at this stage

  6. Rec 1

    This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.

    Summary

    There is no man so great as one seen through the eyes of love

    12 Aug 2011

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  7. Rec 1

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    Horatio watches the fire as it snaps in the hearth, the solid brick holding it at bay while casting its heat out at him.

  8. Rec 1

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    They are a sisterhood, Barbara thinks, as she stares at the woman in front of her.
    They are a family, Marie thinks, connected by invisible lines of love and hate and mutual need.
    They are his wives, these women, Horatio thinks as his gaze travels from Marie to Barbara, though only one bears his name.

    12 Aug 2011

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  9. Rec 1

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    Sometimes you don't get what you pay for.

    12 Aug 2011

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  10. Rec 1

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    So long adrift, so fast aground.

    12 Aug 2011

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  11. Rec 1

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    But see all wind-stirred

  12. Rec 1

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    He is old when he finally makes the journey again. Old enough that he feels everything in his bones and joints, old enough that the sea is more of a curse than a blessing.

  13. Rec 1

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    The past isn't letting you go.