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CrowCAH

Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World | Richard O'Neill

Purchased a #BlindDateWithABook today!
What nautical book will it be?!

Ruthiella My guess is it will be an Aubrey Maturin book by Patrick O‘Brian. 1y

CrowCAH @Ruthiella hmm 🤔 wait and see; I‘ll be posting the book tomorrow! 1y

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rabbitprincess

The Cruel Sea | Nicholas Monsarrat

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This is a detailed story, taking you through every year of the war with a varied cast of characters. Some of the cast changes up throughout the book, and some are more well-rounded than others. Given the theatre of operations, there weren‘t many female characters. This would be a good pairing with HMS Ulysses, by Alistair MacLean.

Itchyfeetreader I read another of his books and loved 1y

rabbitprincess @Itchyfeetreader Ah I didn't know he'd written others! Good to know there is more. 1y

Itchyfeetreader It‘s this one

The Kappillan of Malta

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Andrew65

Kydd (Kydd Sea Adventures, #1) | Julian Stockwin

There are many good series set on a boat in the historical fiction genre. One of my favourites is the Thomas Kydd series by Julian Goodwin, but it seems the least well know. Now there are 24 books in that series.

#ArtfulAugust #Boat

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @Eggs

PageShifter Looks soo good!! 2y

MonicaLoves2Read I will have to check out 2y

Andrew65 @PageShifter @Monica5 They are very good reads, and have a couple of great lead characters. It starts off with the pressganging. 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚👍🏻🙌🏻 2y

Eggs Beautiful ⛵️🧡📚 2y

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Texreader

Storm and Conquest: The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809 | Stephen Taylor

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At the height of Britain‘s maritime power, the French managed to commit an unbelievable amount of damage to the Brits traveling the Indian Ocean to reach British Indian colonies from the French base of #Mauritius. Unfortunately the “clash” didn‘t occur until well into the second half. There wasn‘t enough material it seems so the author gave an inordinate amount of background about Brits in India—in a very gossipy way. The French were almost ⬇️

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger

Texreader completely missing from the first half making me wonder if I were only reading about storms (hurricanes did in many ships) and not clashes. The gossipy nature of the book tracked so many people it was a very difficult audiobook to follow. Once I accepted I couldn‘t follow on every person‘s story, I focused on the highlights. Now that it‘s called Mauritius instead of Isle de France, I‘ll bet you can guess who won! #readingafrica2022 #foodandlit (edited) 2y

Librarybelle I wound imagine it would be hard to follow on audiobook! I‘ve tried listening to a few history nonfiction books on audio and find I just cannot concentrate well enough on them…I guess I need to read the facts in print! 2y

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Texreader

Storm and Conquest: The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809 | Stephen Taylor

My son is in Paris today and tomorrow for a school trip (photos he sent me today) so it seemed appropriate to post these for #foodandlit #France. Also, the Arc de Triomphe was mentioned in the tagged book while I was finishing it today when France‘s single maritime defeat of the British in the Indian Ocean was carved on the Arc de Triomphe. #Mauritius #readingafrica2022

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger

Kammbia1 I will be in Paris in early September for vacation. I‘m visiting Strasbourg on the same trip. It will be my 2nd time to Paris. Even though, I‘m really looking forward to visiting Strasbourg but I want to see the Eiffel Tower again. 2y

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Texreader

Storm and Conquest: The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809 | Stephen Taylor

It‘s time for some challenge updates! I‘m reading (listening to) the tagged book for #readingafrica2022 #Mauritius but also for #foodandlit #France. I‘m almost finished so then I‘ll have to pick from a lot of good books for France. I just shipped my son off to Europe for a school trip that will include a couple of days in Paris. So….hopefully I can post some photos when he gets back for #foodandlit

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger

Librarybelle Woohoo! 2y

JamieArc Oooh. Carcassonne is one of my favorite places. I‘m curious about The Friar of Carcassonne. 2y

Texreader @JamieArc There‘s a story behind that book. I read another book by the same author and went and bought everything he‘d ever written including The Friar. I haven‘t read any of the others I bought yet but I‘m hoping I can get this one in this month. 2y

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Texreader

Storm and Conquest: The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809 | Stephen Taylor

Audiocrafting. Four cards finished!! 12 more to go. This is a bit hard on my elbow recovering from surgery so I‘m taking many breaks.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful!! I hope your elbow is ok!! 🥰 2y

AmyG Feel better! 2y

Catsandbooks Love these! ❤️ 2y

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick How cute?! 💛 And please take it easy on that elbow. 2y

aperfectmjk Okay, so audiocrafting is a thing, good to know I'm not the only one calling it that. These are awesome! I know what you mean with the breaks. I have to force myself to take breaks when I paint because it puts a lot of tension in my neck and shoulders. It's hard to walk away when you're in the creative zone though. 2y

JamieArc What a fun hobby! 2y

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Texreader

Storm and Conquest: The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809 | Stephen Taylor