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CONQUEST: Book 12 in the Thomas Kydd Series
Fiction (Historical Fiction) 340 pages
Hodder & Stoughton - June 9, 2011
Missing Nelson's state funeral, Kydd instead joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic imperative to secure the rich trade-route to India. The enemy is defeated at Blaauwberg and the victorious British enter the capital but there is still a vast hinterland to secure. There are many threats facing the new possession, internal and external. Then comes ominous news for the fragile colony. In the interior a ruthless French officer is fomenting a massed rising among the restless Xhosa tribes to fall upon Cape Town. Kydd must find the secret river port that is being used to supply the rebellion, and destroy it. This will take guile, cunning, and the tenacity of British seamen braving Africa's wild beasts and hostile environment.
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VICTORY: Book 11 in the Thomas Kydd series
Fiction (Historical Fiction) 342 pages
Hodder & Stoughton - June 24, 2010
England is under threat of invasion from Bonaparte's forces: the peril could not be greater. The Emperor could wrest control from the Royal Navy with a few tides, half a million men under arms and 2000 vessels in the invasion flotilla: his armies have conquered much of Europe. Kydd is eager to play his part, but frustratingly, his beloved TEAZER is out of action. When he is given command of his own ship, L'AURORE, a captured French frigate, he is able at last to join Admiral Nelson's command, for the world-defining events of 1805 - the Battle of Trafalgar.
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INVASION: Book 10 in the Thomas Kydd series
Fiction (Historical Fiction) 352 pages
Hodder & Stoughton - October 15, 2009
Biography
Author of the Thomas Kydd novels, a series of at least 21 volumes that will see Kydd rise through the decks as his adventures take him around the world. Atmospheric, page-turning narrative, rich with action and great characterisation. Published in many countries around the world, this is the first series to highlight the common seaman in the greatest age of fighting sail.
At 14 Stockwin joined a tough sea-training school, followed by the Royal Navy, transferring to the Royal Australian Navy when his family emigrated. He saw active service in the
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