Grant should add these to the Riv catalogue -- best historical novels I've come across: the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin Royal Navy series, about 2 dozen spanning the years 1803 to about 1815 and the career of the former from his first command to his appointment as a low level Admiral. No steel, but wool and wood and linen in plenty and a very sophisticated "learn the ropes" technology to keep a sailing ship moving across the globe by wind alone. The movie was well done, tho' it is a pastiche of several of the novels. In particular, Crowe and Bettany are well cast -- tho' Crowe should be taller and fatter. And the music is wonderful.
I hear he has the jargon down right, and he does have the period grammar down, all the way to the proper use of the conditional: "If he don't come, he doesn't signify." Move over, Jane Austen. Riv content: obvious, to me anyway. I am now about 6/24. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
