sea stories
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#BookBingoNW2020: Set At or By the Sea
It seems as long as people have told stories, they have told sea stories. Gilgamesh crosses the sea and even dives to the bottom in the quest for eternal life. The nautical adventures of Homer’s Odysseus are literally legendary, as are those of Jason and the Argonauts. More recently, both Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative of… Continue reading
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Historical Fiction: Tall Ships and the Napoleonic Wars
During the Age of Sail, which lasted roughly from the 16th to mid-19th century, elaborately-rigged tall ships served to transport goods and passengers and to wage wars, like the Napoleonic Wars, which is famously portrayed in the fiction of Patrick O’Brian. O’Brian’s 21 novel series featuring Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin were first published between… Continue reading