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Speaking of La Fléche, McLean was definitely responsible for the fire onboard, right?
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Phenotype posted:Almost finished with my latest readthrough, and realized I had a couple questions about The Hundred Days. What was the Surprise doing all this time? Just sitting docked at Shelmerston? It feels like a period of at least a year or two has gone by, since Jack was on the beach for a bit, then was given Bellona and sent after the slavers, then spent some time on the Brest blockade. But he's immediately got a full crew of well-trained seamen that embarrasses the Pomone with their gunnery exhibition when he's given the squadron at Funchal in The Hundred Days. In The Yellow Admiral there's a chunk of the book about fitting out the Surprise for the trip to Chile. Before that I think you're right and it was docked in Shelmerston. And Stephen gets access to his wealth again at some point after foiling the burglary attempt by the Spanish agent, I don't recall if they go into more detail
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May 15, 2023 15:07
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In addition to what SimonSays pointed out, Diana very much has family at the start of the series, in the form of the Williams family. Mrs. Williams houses Diana and expresses a willingness to provide her with more if Diana will clear the field for Sophie.
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May 28, 2023 05:31
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I'm rereading The Far Side of the World and O'Brian really goes of out of his way to crap on Buenos Aires specifically and Argentina more generally. Does anyone know if that's true to the time period or more reflective of British sentiment around the time of the Falklands War when the book was being written?
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