#desolation island

[ltwilliammowett]

Desolation Island, by Geoff Hunt (1948-)

Cover art for Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series book.

#naval art #desolation island #aubreyad #cover art #age of sail

[aurpiment]

Stephen: It must have been hard to see the woman you loved courting all those other men

Herapath: oh yes but I was able to deal with it. I started doing opium.

Stephen: In my experience—WHICH IS TO SAY from books OF COURSE—that’s not very good for you. It can cause dependence and lessen the appetites.

Herapath: Well I did eat less but I didn’t have any virility problems if that’s what you mean.

Stephen: (making desperate eye contact with Patrick O’Brian and doing the ‘get me out of here’ scuba gesture)

Edit:

@july-19th-club you got me there. He is most certainly doing the wrong sign.

#mt #desolation island #aubreyad #can’t live with Patrick O’Brian because he uses up all the foil so fast

[sitting-on-me-bum]

An elephant seal is surrounded by penguins (Manchots Royaux), on Desolation Island, part of the Crozet Islands, a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. The Crozet Islands are home to four species of penguins. Most abundant are the macaroni penguin, of which some 2 million pairs breed on the islands, and the king penguin, home to 700,000 breeding pairs; half the world’s population. Mammals living on the Crozet Islands include fur seals and southern elephant seals. Killer whales have been observed preying upon the seals

Photograph: Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images

#patrick hertzog #photographer #afp via getty images #elephant seal #seal #animal #mammal #wildlife #penguins #manchots royaux #desolation island #crozet islands #indian ocean

[firstofficerrose]

Stephen shows up to the Grapes, and while the jar of preserved human hands he's carrying doesn't cause any comment, the people running the inn are positively gossiping about why in the world Dr. Maturin would show up with no notice while well dressed.

#stephen maturin #aubreyad #desolation island #rose reads

[mycological-mariner]

Just finished the first chapter of Desolation Island. Here’s my wandering brain constructions:

I Love the twins, I do. They have to be colour coded so their father remembers which one is which. Also being raised by a bunch of sailors, they’re gonna be brilliant. I adore Sophie. I love that she’s getting more character in just the first chapter. Not only bless her for being the only sane and stable person around, but her love for Stephen! Makes me soft. She and Jack are just a delight.

Speaking of Stephen ‘I can quit whenever I want’ Maturin, he’s never gonna catch a break, is he. Christ. His comrade died under his care, he gets pickpocketed while trying to run an errand for his friend, he’s still bad on the drops. And then that’s all before mentioning meeting Diana in London. Also, the blurb on the back says there’s a ‘beautiful spy’ aboard the Leopard, so. Spy vs Spy!

I am looking forward to seeing if Diana appears in any of the chapters. It’s stressing me out lol

I’ve seen the name Andrew Wray come up before so I know he’s gonna play some important role (is he the spy? yes I’m treating this like a whodunnit but it’s more like a whoisit).

Also, I had to check, but apparently wife purchasing was a real thing? The only thing that surprised me about it was how recent it was. What - what the fuck. At least it’s acknowledged that it’s a pretty fucked practice.

Anyways, I’m gonna call it now, Jack is gonna lose a massive gamble. Everything is going a little too well for him, I can’t wait to see Jack shoot himself in the foot.

Anyways, I’m really loving the book! I can’t wait for everything to go to shit!

#Spoilers #aubreyad #stephen maturin #jack aubrey #(honestly I never know how to tag a female character who gets married after getting used to calling her by her maiden name) #((so)) #sophie williams #diana villiers #desolation island #thanks for attending my stream of consciousness PP #the chances are low of me posting reactions #but I’ve been so busy I can finally read! #also I’m so excited for Bonden and Pullings and the whole original core crew #aubrey maturin #anyways

[testudoaubrei-blog]

Louisa Wogan - when you order Diana Villiers from Wish dot com.

"We already have Diana Villiers at home."

Diana Villiers at home - <gurgling laugh>

#aubrey maturin series #diana villiers #lou wogan #desolation island #the fortune of war

[dzelonis]

Patrick O'Brian - Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin #5)

Patrick O’Brian – Desolation Island (Aubrey & Maturin #5)

Links uz grāmatas Goodreads lapu Manas pārdomas Atkal jauns un cits kuģis vārdā Leopard, ja vien Džeks Obrijs nevēlas palikt krastā un garlaikoties, atkal jauns piedzīvojums – šoreiz uz pavisam jauniem ūdeņiem, uz Austrāliju. Tomēr sākotnēji Obriju nākas pārliecināt, ka nevajadzētu atteikties no piedāvājuma, kas paredz, ka Leoparda ‘’krava’’ ir cietumnieki, kas Obrijam, pirmoreiz to padzirdot,…

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#Aubrey &amp; Maturin #audiogrāmata #Desolation Island #Historical Fiction #klausāmgrāmata #Maritime #Patrick O&039;Brian

[chicafinal]

jack: i was degraded for being horny, not for being bad at my job

#aubreyad #i started desolation island

[hey-scully-itsme]

the albatross is his therapist

#i imagine this is set on desolation island #aubreyad #stephen maturin #there will come a day when i learn how to draw characters consistently. but it is not this day

[thekenobee]

“Jack you have debauched my sloth” would stay the same

#aubreyad #Jack aubrey #master and commander #russel crowe #i literally just finished Desolation island AND next two books arrived THEREFORE I’m satisfied #oh and the second page of the Fortune of War and it’s A JACK VS WOMBAT #HOW blesssed we are #age of sail #aubrey maturin #9 conversational tricks #memes #my memes #funny #and useful that’s rare #stephen maturin #aubrey/maturin #books #classic literature #literature #patrick o'brian

[ltwilliammowett]

Desolation Island- cover art for Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series book., by Geoff Hunt

#naval art #art #desolation island #book cover art #19th century #age of sail

[aurpiment]

The Americans are in the right here 100% but you do have to laugh at the line “My advice to you, old Boston Bean, is to go right back to Sodom, Massachusetts, by foot, and try to find a real sailorman or two”

#mt #aubreyad #desolation island

[silenthillbunni]

yeah idk i just feel like im so lonely and i'll always be completely alone. i dont see the point in living if this is how my entire life's gonna be

#i hate talking to 'professionals' bc i just feel so.. #like nobody understands me. im on an isolated and desolate island and i cant ever escape it #i dont even have words even if i wanted to vent bc i just feel so.. idk??? dejected maybe #well i needed to vent but turns out i have no words to describe it #just that i feel so lonely. no one understands me. i dont understand ppl or this world. i feel so unsafe around ppl. cant trust anyone #mostly i feel a loneliness so heavy it is slowly crushing me and will soon suffocate me #i'd rather die a quick death soon than walk around slowly dying for several years #if only my mom wouldnt be completely crushed by it. i know it'd break her. otherwise i'd be gone a long time ago #i dont have energy anymore. what am i even fighting for??? a boring empty and lonely existence? lmao. idek

[firstofficerrose]

Sophie to Stephen: Jack is going to get himself in such trouble on land. You simply must get him to go aboard the Leopard! He's going to love being at sea again, it'll be just the thing.

Sophie to Jack: Have you seen how depressed Stephen is lately? You simply must take him to Australia! He's going to love all the plants and animals, it'll be just the thing.

I see you, Sophie. Well played.

#desolation island #aubreyad #rose reads

[druidshollow]

>:( FARM ARRAAAAAYSSSSSSS

#ok so its desolate fields whatever whatever #did such a stupid route i got the sky islands and chimney echoes then i did undergrowth then i got the pebbles one #THEN i did farm arrays and THEEEN i went all the way to moon so now i only have the sub one but like #why did i crisscross the map so much #i cant believe u cant use yr passages as saint im dead #maybe you can after reaching godhood idk idk

[testudoaubrei-blog]

-Cries- Martin's Latin was faultless to the last! Don't you understand!? Faultless to the last!

#desolation island #patrick o'brian #aubrey maturin series