tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post3006784734024854112..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Samuel Leech's Account of War at SeaDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-49270742033215220952013-05-30T12:07:24.870-07:002013-05-30T12:07:24.870-07:00Oh my stars. Just the opening paragraphs stun, abo...Oh my stars. Just the opening paragraphs stun, about the purposeful ignorance the men were kept in about the coming war, and the officers wishing to compel impressed Americans to fight against their own brothers at sea...Thank you for providing such insights into the war mentality amongst the British Navy. <br /><br />No wonder we look at Capts Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey as heroes amongst men!Octavia Randolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280624466763859908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-18571757825506565422013-05-29T06:38:23.004-07:002013-05-29T06:38:23.004-07:00For a good fictional account of the war at sea in ...For a good fictional account of the war at sea in the Napoleonic era you can't do better than Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels. He was a great fan of Austen and his "Post Captain" can be read as an answer to "Persuasion".Gustaf Eriksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771769400101430487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-79677700577715864222013-05-29T02:19:53.790-07:002013-05-29T02:19:53.790-07:00One of the most vivid and terrible accounts of war...One of the most vivid and terrible accounts of warfare in any period I have read - incredible.Simon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798733767120473569noreply@blogger.com