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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.
9) Quarterdeck
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Thomas Kydd must prove that he has both the skill and character of an acting lieutenant while stationed in Halifax. Meanwhile the newly formed American navy gets a chance to prove itself in a dispute with revolutionary France.
Author
Series
Kydd ; 20
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Joseph, on the throne of Spain. Meanwhile, Nicholas Renzi, the Lord Farndon, undertakes a deadly mission to stir up partisan unrest to disrupt this Napoleonic alliance with Spain. Thrust into the crucible of the uprising, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is dismayed to come up against an old foe from his past - now his superior and commander -...
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."--
15) Persephone
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd ; 18
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"November 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family's evacuation in the face of Napoleon's ruthless advance through Iberia. In the chaos of the threatened city an old passion is reawakened when he meets Persephone Lockwood, a beautiful and determined admiral's daughter from his past. But the Royal Family's destination is Brazil, Perspehone's England, and it seems Kydd's chance has gone again. Only later he...
16) Inferno
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press, Inc
Pub. Date
©2016
Language
English
Description
"Copenhagen Harbor is on fire . . . 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd resumes command of Tyger and is ordered to join a great armada on a desperate mission to pressure the Danish Crown Prince to turn his fleet over to Britain before Napoleon has the opportunity to seize it. On a parallel mission Nicholas Renzi--the Lord Farndon, also Kydd's best friend and brother-in-law--fails in an effort at using diplomacy to persuade the Danes to give up their fleet...
Author
Series
Kydd sea adventures ; 16
Publisher
McBooks Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Kydd is offered a new command but that ship is still under construction, so he decides to look up one of his old naval friends and enjoy some of the pleasures of London. This is cut short when he is summoned to Portsmouth to bear witness at the trial of Sir Home Popham for his actions at Cape Town and Buenos Aires. When his personal feelings about the way his old commander was treated become public, Kydd finds himself in hot water with the Admiralty....
18) A sea of gold
Author
Series
Kydd ; 21
Publisher
Hodder Paperback
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"1809. After his heroic actions during the retreat to Corunna, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is the toast of London society. Here he falls in with the legendary frigate captain, Lord Thomas Cochrane. So begins a relationship, professional and personal, that will be unlike any that Kydd has known: a relationship that will lead him, almost simultaneously, to first glory, then ruin. The French fleet is massing in the Basque Roads in a near impregnatable position....
19) Pasha
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd ; 15
Publisher
Hodder
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthnot that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French and if the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India will be completely unfettered and his plans for world domination a reality. Concerned for his safety, Arbuthnot is demanding a large fleet presence to take him off and bring the Turks to their senses. Braving treacherous currents, unreliable winds, and...
20) Thunderer
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd ; 24
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"1812. Arriving back in England after his successes in the Adriatic, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is bestowed with honors. In London he's greeted by the Prince Regent who, despite Kydd's protestations that he's happy with his present command, insists he be given a bigger ship - HMS Thunderer, a 74-gun ship of the line. But she's old, and being part of a standing fleet Kydd's chances of further fame and distinction are slim indeed. Winning over his new...
