Friday, April 13, 2018

HMS Trincomalee tour

My latest Austen Authors post will be particularly apropos for those following the online beta for A Season Lost: we're continuing on my ship tours with HMS Trincomalee. This is a frigate a bit newer but of comparable size to HMS Caroline, and I've called out some things in the post so you can see visually elements from the story.


Tremendous Machines Part 2

 In the first post in this series , we looked at the development of railway technology leading up to the Rainhill Trials of 1829. The trials...