Talk:The Hundred Days (novel)

Barret Bonden's death

It seems curious to me that O'Brian only makes a very brief reference to Bonden's death, and there is no dialogue between Aubrey and Maturin about it. The only other reference I can find to it is when Jack gives instructions for a young midshipman, a Mr Wells, to repair aboard the flag ship accompanied by an experienced sailor; he is about to say Bonden but has to check himself. Perhaps this rather casual treatment can simply be put down to the fortunes of war. Ivankinsman (talk) 09:46, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Bonden's death was shocking! The immediate text says, Aubrey was used to sudden death, but this one was harder to take. It seemed like the death added motivation to finish off the xebec, but I cannot provide a quote to prove that. Yes, I agree, there is no comment from Maturin, who was close to Bonden as well. But already dealing with his wife's death, ah, who knows? --Prairieplant (talk) 08:53, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

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The reviews

I know that the reviews need to have shorter excerpts. First I collected five of them, all from the US. I still have not found an easy way to get at the Irish and British reviews. It is easy to pull shorter bits from a long and interesting newspaper review. What I find challenging is how to have a theme in the Reviews section, tying together views that may echo each other, or disagree. For that starting viewpoint, it would be good to have the view from the published books about the series. If someone else has those books and can do the job of tying it together, well and good. It will take me some time. It is interesting how many reviews were written for this novel, an indicator that more reviewers liked it a lot, and the frequency of the novels coming from an author over 80 years old. More comments are made about the genre of nautical history and his differences from the average book of that genre, and one reviewer made clear that the plot in the Mediterranean was fictional, just the pivot point (that Napoleon wanted to fight each opposing army one at a time) was true. --Prairieplant (talk) 08:48, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

The main theme to pay attention to: their assessment of the quality of the novel. The other interests, can be divided into a theme and style section, each of which highlights the various sub concerns of the authors. Two examples I know of off the top of my head that do this with only newspaper reviews, are Quicksilver (novel) and The Great Lover (novel). If you need help with accessing sources, I have access to most major newspaper databases, so should be able to find them: send me an email. I hope that helps, Sadads (talk) 14:34, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Sadads, the Wikipedia e-mail did not work. I wrote a note, and it was rejected as likely spam at your end, and as not really from my domain (aol.com), giving me two Mailer Daemon messages from wikimedia, for one note. Is there another way to discuss Irish Times, Times of London, The Guardian, the Independent, as sources of reviews for this book? --Prairieplant (talk) 04:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Sadads I am not sure you saw the note above, when the e-mail failed. I forgot to highlight your name, so I am doing it now. --Prairieplant (talk) 00:29, 29 August 2015 (UTC)