Mark Arbour

I don't think that JP is blindly supporting Will in this. JP's big issue (as he voiced) was that Will should not feel threatened in his own home, and that it was very inappropriate of Brad to do that. He's also been adamant about maintaining confidences, and on that issue rests most of his irritation with Stef.

I've done some research on this, and the general consensus I get is that the French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars were the tipping point. During the earlier part of the wars, and prior to that, parole is much as you have described. In the latter part, and beyond, it was rarely granted, and hence the large parole towns in England, and Verdun in France. Based on what I've read, it seems that we're lucky Granger was captured in 1798 and not 1808.

Can we get a Moderator to finally shut this thread down? And somebody smack the troll who goes around and pulls these threads up again.

August 24, 2001 My mind was still whirling as I walked up the steps at Escorial. I was thinking of the people I’d been dealing with. I was seriously pissed off at Ferris, Kyle, and Marie, but that was offset by Erik and John. Erik was being honest with me, and I really appreciated that. He and Kai were starting to restore my hope that men could be truthful, which ironically made Tony pop into my mind, and pissed me off again. I got over that by thinking about John. He was actin

Nicely done.

I didn't kill Chartley off, but it's not an unreasonable possibility. Going to Canton was hazardous duty.

I doubt I will be quite that accurate.

Thank you so much! You must know how much that appeals to the professor in me! If I can pull you all into the history of the era, that's fantastic. It truly was a fascinating time.

Well, Aubrey's father was reportedly a blackguard, so that's what Granger is saying. I see Aubrey as a rather typical naval officer of the time, where he is partly cultured, and part crass and boorish. Granger would be quick to pick up on both of those.

Thanks for the review! So a philosophical question: If Chartley is dead, do you really want Granger to be with him? :-) Some would interpret Granger's lot in life to be easy; that you think it's tougher is reassuring.

It is unlikely that Granger will rot in a French prison. Even if he was not allowed parole to return to England, he would almost certainly be allowed parole in France. Officers who were granted that privilege and remained in France generally stayed in the city of Verdun.

Thanks! I'll work on posting the Bridgemont books as e-books here on GA shortly. I put CAP up, then got distracted...it's an ADD thing. I like the Bolitho series, but I find his character (Richard Bolitho) a bit annoying, and not nearly as endearing as Hornblower, with his quirkiness. Patrick O'Brian's series never really clicked for me, but I thought it was fun to put Aubrey into the mix. I'll have to weave Hornblower in too. :-)

That's a really good point. There's no way to really escape the gossip mill, but then again, I don't think that would really bother Will unless it was extreme, like it is now. I posted this on my group: The interesting thing about the Marie situation is that we really don't know how involved in this she is. She's been around when Kyle/Ferris/Erik had conversations, and she probably told Erik directly about Will and Kyle, but other than that, it's a lot of hearsay.

Thanks. There's some tough competition on this site, so I really appreciate all the reviews you and others post!

September 11, 2001 in the CAP universe will start on September 11, 2013.

That is very true, your observation as to the difference in the way the common men were treated (imprisoned, for the most part) and the officers were treated.

He'll probably get out of it the way he always does - by fucking somebody. :-)

I do that sometimes too, when I'm reading historical fiction, and I'll hope things turn out differently. But they can't. :-(

Thank you!

Thanks for that, and I'm glad this came up to prompt me to say that. It's been really cool seeing your reviews as you read through it again. Sandrewn has done the same thing with some of the Bridgemont stories. I like to take a break every once in a while and go back to re-read those earlier story. It's a nice mental break, and it reminds me of past characters and the shit they did. When I do that, I'll post some responses. That's exactly what happened. They lost a lot of data when we shifted to GA Stories, so any reviews or comments posted to the stories before then were lost, and any read counts, etc, were also lost. So it's one of those things where you have to look at stories from pre-GA Stories from the standpoint that kind of information is gone. When the shift was made, I was toward the end of posting Millennium, and I think I was also finished posting HMS Belvidera too, but I'n not entirely sure.

I like to save e-mails, and I have them back to the early 2000s. I actually have some that I exchanged with John Walsh, the guy who sucked me into gay erotic lit in the first place. My favorites are the ones with Adam Phillips.

This is just awesome.

That's a very apt observation, and I completely agree with you. I think that is exactly what is wrong with the television miniseries, so when I watch them, I have to divorce myself from the idea that it's "made from the book" and just to look at it as an entirely different story. Parole was very common in those days, although I haven't done a lot of research on it, other than to note that it happened frequently. Both of the officers captured on the real Leander were paroled almost immediately. They were landed in Trieste and made their way overland, ultimately to England. Nelson himself would go back to England via the overland route.

And the British would consider it to be a great victory too, lauding the bravery of the crew of Leander and how hard they fought their ship. The behavior of the French crew afterward is a subject of controversy.

August 18, 1798 HMS Leander “Good morning, my lord,” Captain Thompson said to him formally. “Good morning, Captain,” Granger responded with the same tone. He could have tried to sound cheerful, but he was not, so there was no point in pretending. His cruise aboard the Leander had not been pleasurable, and he did not enjoy being aboard this vessel. Granger had been aboard ships where he had been miserable, like the brig Desperate he’d once sailed in as a pass