Kit Faulkner Naval Adventures

3 primary works

A Ship For The King

by Richard Woodman

Published 8 July 2011

Kit Faulkner is a young vagrant orphan, but his life changes forever when two gentlemen spot his potential and he is taken aboard their merchant ship, the Swallow, to be trained for a life at sea. As he rises through the ranks, he risks all in encounters with pirates and French corsairs. Meanwhile, England edges ever closer to civil war, and very soon Kit must chose which side he will fight for.

For King or Commonwealth

by Richard Woodman

Published 4 April 2012

The King's Chameleon

by Richard Woodman

Published 11 July 2013

A historical maritime thriller starring Captain Kit Faulkner: perfect for fans of Hornblower, CS Forrester and Patrick O'Brian

England, 1659. Captain Kit Faulkner's house is prospering; his eldest son, Nathaniel, has recently returned from a profitable trip to Jamaica in the good ship Faithful, and his daughter, Hannah, has made a suitable match with a young sailor. But the resignation of the Lord Protector, Richard Cromwell, throws England into uncertainty. Will the republic flourish, or will a King return to the throne?

Kit is content to let matters take their natural course, but his younger son, Henry, is an idealist with political ambitions. It soon becomes clear that Henry is in much deeper than Kit first realised, and Henry's actions may threaten everything that Kit holds dear . . .