Today’s Posts

…are brought to you by HMS Indefatigable

and her crew, led most nobly by Captain Sir Edward Pellew.

Remember, Dear Friends, nothing sticks it to the Frogs like a broadside of 24 pounders!

10 Responses to “Today’s Posts”

1. tree hugging sister says:

   April 6, 2010 at 9:22 am

   “MIStah Hornblower! The t’gallants, if you please!”

2. Mr. Bingley says:

   April 6, 2010 at 11:39 am

   I got me a serious Man Crush on Sir Edward.

3. NJ Sue says:

   April 6, 2010 at 7:34 pm

   Yes, we’ve watched that series a million times and I have to put up with Bingley’s vapors and sighs.

4. Mr. Bingley says:

   April 6, 2010 at 9:05 pm

   My vapors made their appearance long before the series ever aired…

5. Mike Cunningham says:

   April 8, 2010 at 6:15 am

   Ah me! A longing for the days of sail? Why not try a short sail through the pages of the author himself, or a tack across the works of another maritime master?

6. Steve says:

   April 8, 2010 at 11:50 am

   Excepting of course that the pic is HMS Temeraire, not Indefatigable. Blasphemy!

7. tree hugging sister says:

   April 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm

   Bingley’s a lubber, Steve. A boat’s a boat.

   Read them all a million times, Mike. An excellent, epic suggestion to those who haven’t!

8. Mr. Bingley says:

   April 10, 2010 at 6:55 pm

   Oh damn, Steve, you’re right. There’s too many gun decks.

   Here’s a proper model if the Indy.

9. Mr. Bingley says:

   April 10, 2010 at 6:57 pm

   And here’s a better painting.

10. Steve says:

    April 12, 2010 at 11:25 am

    I started reading age-of-sail fiction with the Hornblower series and then devoured Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin M&C books. I think O’Brian is head and shoulder above Forester in terms of characterization and technical detail, but there’s no one else in the genre that comes close to either of them.