The most recent Storyblogging Carnival is up at Back of the Envelope. There are some nifty short stories there, including the Sad Story of Princess…
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KASSEL, Germany (The Skwib) — Nazi raccoons have swept through the German woodlands like so many divisions of panzers, and now, they have started taking…
1 CommentIn 17th century, James Ussher (Primate of Ireland) presents: 6000 years, give or take (slide 2) So, first day of Creation was October 23, 4004…
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Captain Vernon Hawser studied his charts in the grand cabin of his ship, The Endurance, and wondered if he would ever have the chance to be a hero the way Lord Neslon had been.
After Vice-Admiral Calder’s disaster at Trafalgar (20 ships-of-the-line sunk or captured when he lost the weather gage to Villeneuve’s fleet) it had been up to his hero. Lord Nelson, his ship the HMS Victory, and a stripped down squadron of 11 other ships managed to prevent Napoleon’s invasion of England.
Nelson’s brilliance had saved England at the Battle of Portland, savaging Villeneuve’s fleet, and turning the invasion force back to the Continent. A great victory. And a close one too.
Hawser had a thought. What if Nelson’s ship hadn’t been damaged in the early hurricane in the Caribbean? What if he’d been in command at Trafalgar, with a much bigger fleet than at Portland. That would have been a rum thing!
His executive officer knocked and came in his cabin, “the Ambassador has arrived, Captain. Would you like to show him on board?”
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