I love that sort of nitpicky myself, because ya know, the Superb didn't exist when he was sailing on her in the Mediterranean. *G* And that's sorta weird that CSF would screw that up what with all the effort he put into the Temeraire and her tentacles reaching through the books.
And Bush going into the Navy at 24 as a midshipman? *shakes head in denial* That doesn't qualify as 'in his earliest youth'. And in LtH CSF tries to realign his age more closely with HH, so even if you clip off say, 8 years, and have him being born in 1774, that still made him 16 when he entered as a midshipman, which isn't 'earliest youth' either.
And some of this I just have to chalk up to suspension of disbelief because the chances of a peg legged captain in command of a 74 in wartime is not the most historically viable scenario. *g*
Re: The ever popular FC, of course
And Bush going into the Navy at 24 as a midshipman? *shakes head in denial* That doesn't qualify as 'in his earliest youth'. And in LtH CSF tries to realign his age more closely with HH, so even if you clip off say, 8 years, and have him being born in 1774, that still made him 16 when he entered as a midshipman, which isn't 'earliest youth' either.
And some of this I just have to chalk up to suspension of disbelief because the chances of a peg legged captain in command of a 74 in wartime is not the most historically viable scenario. *g*