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Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
It is two years since Thomas Kydd was spirited away in the night aboard the old ship Duke William. Now, he and the other members of the ill-fated Artemis are shipwrecked sailors, back in London to be summoned as court martial witnesses. Then, in a political act to shield an officer's reputation, they are shipped out in haste to the Caribbean - where sugar is king and yellow jack a fearsome peril.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
All is not well on Zanatu: the idyllic Polynesian island is in rebellion, and the British Navy sends Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde to find out why. Halfhyde steams to investigate, braving typhoons and coral reefs along the way. But things go from bad to worse once he steps foot on the island, as angry natives armed with guns assault the British sailors. The natives swear allegiance to a mysterious god named John Frumm, who has appeared among them,...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
The old ironclad Meridian steams south on her last journey under the British flag, on route to her new home in the Chilean Navy. Using the transfer of the ship as cover, Halfhyde and Watkiss are on a covert operation to protect British interests in South America from the encroaching Germans. Soon Halfhyde has an added mission: he must help a detective from the Metropolitan Police track down and intercept a traitorous civil servant who has escaped...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a Britsih sailing-ship unlawfully detained by the Russians. Unfortunately, Halfhyde's first command comes complete with a pompous flotilla captain in love with his own voice, and the looming threat of the irascible Admiral Prince Gorsinski. Cutting out the sailing-ship...
Author
Series
Kydd sea adventures ; 11
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Captain Thomas Kydd tries to wrangle in his crew to put a stop to Napoleon's plans to invade England by engaging the fleet in battle, but to stand a chance Kydd will need every ship, and things are further complicated when Kydd must come to the aid of Admiral Horatio Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar."--