Book 1

Kydd

by Julian Stockwin

Published 1 January 2001
KYDD announces a major new voice in naval adventure writing. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized by the press gang, to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Royal William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh...Read more

Book 2

Artemis

by Julian Stockwin

Published 31 December 1999
The second naval adventure following the life of Thomas Paine Kydd. Kydd sails into Portsmouth a hero, after a ferocious battle against the French. He must return, however, to Guilford on a family matter. But the sea beckons, and Kydd manages to set off on his beloved Artemis for...Read more

Book 3

Seaflower

by Julian Stockwin

Published 5 May 2003
It is two years since Thomas Paine Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the old line-of-battle ship Duke William. Now, together with his high-born friend Nicholas Renzi and other members of the ill-fated Artemis, Tom is a shipwrecked sailor back in the land...Read more

Book 4

Mutiny

by Julian Stockwin

Published 31 December 1999
It is 1797 and Kydd is now master's mate on Achilles, diverted to Gibraltar to be part of the defences of the fabled Rock. There, he is reunited with his enigmatic friend Nicholas Renzi, and volunteers to join a dangerous voyage to rescue a diplomat fleeing over the Alps....Read more

Book 5

Quarterdeck

by Julian Stockwin

Published 11 November 2004

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian

Thomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797. Now, he must sit an examination to confirm his rank - or face an inglorious return before the...

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Book 6

Tenacious

by Julian Stockwin

Published 10 October 2005
This book finds Thomas Kydd aboard Tenacious, part of a small squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. Its mission is to scour the Mediterranean and locate Napoleon and his army. Kydd's newly fired ambition leads him to volunteer for shore service in the capture of Minorca. Later, he...Read more

Book 7

Command

by Julian Stockwin

Published 5 October 2006
Thrilled at his first command, a little brig sloop called Teazer, Thomas Kydd must race to bring his ship to battle readiness - he is desperately needed to defend Malta against Barbary corsairs, ferocious privateers and the French who are frantically trying to rescue the remnants of their army...Read more

Book 8

Admiral's Daughter

by Julian Stockwin

Published 1 October 2007
1803. Tensions are escalating again between England and France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions and spies on the continent, French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to strike at British trade. Smugglers, perilous storms and a treacherous coastline all threaten to overcome HMS Teazer...Read more

Book 9

Treachery

by Julian Stockwin

Published 2 October 2008
Commander Kydd has dragged himself up in the navy from press-ganged seaman to master of his own ship. Now he faces disgrace. After offending an Admiral, and suffering terrible personal tragedy, Kydd is sent to guard the Channel Islands. When he is brutally betrayed off the Normandy Coast and...Read more

Book 10

Invasion

by Julian Stockwin

Published 1 January 2009
Napoleon's forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd's ship is at the forefront of the fleet defending the English coast. His honour restored after temporary disgrace in the Channel Islands, and reunited with his ship Teazer, Kydd seizes the chance to fight for his country. Then...Read more

Book 11

Victory

by Julian Stockwin

Published 24 June 2010
Commander Thomas Kydd is eager to play his part in thwarting Bonaparte's plans for the invasion of England. Joining Admiral Nelson's command, Kydd and his ship soon find themselves at the heart of the action that leads up to the famous clash of the mighty British and French fleets...Read more

Book 12

Conquest

by Julian Stockwin

Published 1 January 2011

Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar removed the spectre of invasion and England is now free to seek conquests and colonies in the furthest reaches of the world.

Captain Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic imperative to secure the rich trade-route to India. But even...

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Book 13

Betrayal

by Julian Stockwin

Published 26 September 2012

Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest and of a treasure hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the...

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Book 14

Caribbee

by Julian Stockwin

Published 1 January 2013

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian

More than a decade ago, Thomas Kydd and Nicholas Renzi were in the Caribbean as sailors before the mast in the old Trajan. Now Kydd, a storied hero of Trafalgar, holds the glory...

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Book 17

Inferno

by Julian Stockwin

Published 15 September 2016
Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions for world domination are growing apace, and when Captain Sir Thomas Kydd returns to take up command of his ship Tyger, he finds himself called to be part of a great armada on a mission of the utmost urgency. Unbeknownst to Kydd, his old friend, Renzi,...Read more

Book 18

Persephone

by Julian Stockwin

Published 18 May 2017

'PERSEPHONE is another shining milepost for Captain Thomas Kydd and his creator, Julian Stockwin' - Quarterdeck

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...

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Pasha

by Julian Stockwin

Published 1 January 2014

An Admiralty summons to England cuts short Thomas Kydd's service in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. While the crew of L'Aurore can look forward to liberty and prize money, a shadow hangs
over their captain: the impending court martial of his one-time commander, Commodore Popham, who led a...

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To the Eastern Seas

by Julian Stockwin

Published 17 October 2019

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian

With Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the race to empire is now resumed. Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies, where Admiral Pellew has been sent to confront...

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The Baltic Prize

by Julian Stockwin

Published 2 November 2017

1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the...

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The Iberian Flame

by Julian Stockwin

Published 14 June 2018

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian

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...

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