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271 Spoilers:_The_Yellow Admiral_ (Was: Media's Responsibility in VADM Brooda's Suicide) -- rank: 873

WARNING: SPOILERS for _The Yellow Admiral_ follow. Cheryl Fillekes wrote: >>Did Patrick O'Brian mention them? He can invent Jack Aubrey's >>part in the Battle of the Nile, while ignoring the historic >>courage of the women who actually fought in it. Interesting. >> You will be pleased to know that in my unbound galley-proof of _The Yellow Admiral_ it is revealed that _Surprise_ crewman Art Grimble was actually a woman, cleverly disguised as a man for lo these thousand ...

Poster's Name:	Michael Krugman
Poster's Email:	myriad@panix.com
Message Date:	1996-05-21 01:31:29 UTC

272 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

WARNING: I suppose this could be considered a plot buster as it refers to the general state of affairs at the end of 'The Commodore'. Unspeakable misfortune indeed! With Lord Melville as First Lord, Jack's political position looking solid, his fortune intact, his record exemplary and, no doubt, his flag lieutenant competent, how could our boy go wrong? And yet, who else could the title of the forthcoming book refer too? I await the new book with the usual impatience and no little anxiety... ...

Poster's Name:	Bob Tajima
Poster's Email:	bt@snowcrest.net
Message Date:	1996-04-24 07:28:35 UTC

273 The Yellow Admiral (fwd) -- rank: 873

According to Jim Hankins: > > Has anyone mentioned the clues on page 14 of _The Commodore_? Mention is > made of a senior post-captain (not ours) soon expected to become a blue > squadron rear-admiral, '... unless by some unspeakable misfortune he should > be yellowed ...'. > James Hankins e-mail: jimh@sedona.net > Sedona, Arizona > > I'm not invested in this speculation (groan, terrible double entendre), but howzabout Heneage Dundas? He's periously close to th ...

Poster's Name:	Philip B. D'oronzio
Poster's Email:	pbd9a@faraday.clas.virginia.edu
Message Date:	1996-04-23 23:15:46 UTC

274 The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Has anyone mentioned the clues on page 14 of _The Commodore_? Mention is made of a senior post-captain (not ours) soon expected to become a blue squadron rear-admiral, '... unless by some unspeakable misfortune he should be yellowed ...'. James Hankins e-mail: jimh@sedona.net Sedona, Arizona

Poster's Name:	Jim Hankins
Poster's Email:	jimh@sedona.net
Message Date:	1996-04-23 04:30:43 UTC