Apr 27 2007
What am I Reading?
The frequently-clever Karen just posted a What am I Reading meme. Here’s what’s on the nightstand:
The Frigates by James Henderson. Great stories of ship-to-ship action from the glory days of the Royal Navy in the age of sail. I’m writing a never-finished novel in that era and it’s great research material and just plain good reading.
The Pickwick Papers. I’m on a Dickens audiobook binge that started with Tale of Two Cities, then David Copperfield and Great Expectations.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Did you like the (older) A&E series of Horatio Hornblower? I loved it. I keep saying I’m going to buy it on DVD, but haven’t yet. Have you read any of the books? If so, what do you think of them — both the books and the series?
April 27th, 2007 at 10:39 am
From what I’ve seen, they are very well done. They take some liberties with the storylines, but that’s to be expected. As an Age of Sail geek, I pick nits (like when they show a 36-gun frigate and describe it as a 74-gun ship of the line.)