Kendall, if you like Gilpatrick, have you tried Patrick O'Brien? Twenty cracking good novels about the Royal Navy, the series beginning just after Trafalgar. I started reading them last summer when I was getting over eye surgery, and I find them extremely diverting. Convincing in their historical details, too, although I'm too ignorant about ships to comment on the technical stuff about sailing. I found them just the thing for a period of stress and being required to be still.

Fingers are crossed for you in these parts, too.

Ch XO