Master's Personal Log: I knew today would be a curious day. Had one of those feelings... Mr. Tindall and Mr. Door are both a-bit of larkers. As my day...
Note to Mr. Atkins: One good prank deserves another, methinks! Capt.Dave, HMS Erie (Who wasn't in the area at the time, but appreciates a good joke now and...
It has been a long and tiring several weeks. With something having to give, in terms of time, my log has been sadly neglected. Now, after a weeks at sea, I...
I'm going off line at this account for a few days. If you need to be in touch with me, try the Hotmail address: dpbennett1@... Dave Bennett Aldergrove,...
... joining the squadron. It has been too long since I have been able to debate the value of Shakespeare with good Captain Cookie. ... ..... ahem....which...
Three pounds, tuppence, the cost of my latest edition of his complete works. :) Mark G. ... From: Mil Goose To: Bolitho@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April...
....so what are you reading, shipmates? Apart from naval stuff, I recently read Karen Joy Fowler's "The Jane Austen Book Club", an intriguing tale about the...
If you are looking for something to read, I have just listed a whole heap of novels on ebay. 8794331663 I still have a few of my non-fiction books on Nelson...
And in and out of the history books, I've been moving through Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Mark G. ... From: Mil Goose To: Bolitho@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn and prior to that, To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman. ...
Have just finished Reemans 'Badge of Glory' and 'First to Land' - Basically Bolitho of the marines and with obvious equivalents of Allday and Catherine. If you...
Simon, have you read Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond? It's on my pile of books and I was wondering about a recommendation as...
Just started with "Lord Hornblower"... also reading Bernard Moitessier's "Tamata and the Alliance" Ciao :-))) Daniela -- No virus found in this outgoing...
I read 'Star of the Sea' a few months ago and found it rather heavy going, although a good read and well worth persevering with. At the moment I am reading...
Due to a busy schedule, I'm still reading the stuff I was reading a few months ago (I think). Bummer. LOL. Plus a few new items. "The Yankee" - Jon Williams...
I am reading teacher man by frank mccourt about 30 years of teaching in new York. I am enjoying it but my mum did not rave over it. finally got a copy of...
I seem to have hit a streak of fantasy stuff lately. Two by L. Sprague DeCamp and just finished: Heroics for Beginners; a novel. By John Moore. It's a send up...
I'm reading Reeman's The Pride and The Anguish about a gunboat at the fall of Singapore in 1941/42. I'm also studying the 2006 Guide to Literary Agents trying...
Well Captain Cookie Goose, been having a marvelous read on "Trafalgar, the men, the battle, the storm". Deep into "Ships of Trafalgar" by Peter Goodwin, at...
... Hi Tony, It's always amazing to me as to what book grabs one person and not another. In this particular book, I love all the little cameo roles of the...
This Star of the Sea to which you refer, is it part of a series? ... From: Mil Goose To: Bolitho@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:12 AM Subject:...
No, it is a single novel about the Irish potato famine of the 1840's and the emigration to America. It also includes a murder story and has a rather strange...
...Welcome, Rebecca! As Tony said in the previous post, its a one-off, and the description he gives, covers it nicely. I also think it is written in an...
And to you to Cookie, not too many chocolate eggs this year mind... Phil ... From: Bolitho@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Bolitho@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mil...
Just finished 'Gates of Fire' by Scott Pressfield about the Spartans at Thermopylae. If you have a chance, definitely pick it up, it is an exceptional read....
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