Left on Read: Desolation Island
Added 2025-09-19 11:09:48 +0000 UTCRiley and Nova weigh anchor, hoist the mizzen, and… unship the cannon. Desolation Island is Patrick O’Brian’s spy thriller on the high seas - come for the naval battles, stay for the gender politics (or come for the gender politics, stay for the naval battles).
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Describing Dulwich College as a minor public school is very funny
A Tedious Returning
2025-09-23 10:42:17 +0000 UTCThe fact that William Bligh followed up the mutiny on the Bounty by being made Governor of New South Wales and getting mutinied AGAIN by the Rum Rebellion is one of the few highlights of Australian history.
Carlfish
2025-09-22 23:40:15 +0000 UTC
