AuthorJulian Stockwin
NarratorChristian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 18
Duration10h 45m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Historical Novels
PublisherW.F. Howes
VersionUnabridged
1807: An old passion is reawakened when Captain Sir Thomas Kydd meets Persephone Lockwood, a beautiful and determined admiral's daughter from his past. To win her hand, he must enter the highest echelons of London society. Mixing with aristocracy and royalty brings other responsibilities. The Prince of Wales asks him to take a temporary comand of the Royal Yacht. Sailing to Yarmouth, Kydd realises they are being stalked by French privateers. The terrible threat sess Kydd call on daring semanship of the highest order.
Thomas Kydd Series Book 4: Mutiny
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 4
Duration 11h 5m
It is 1797 and Thomas Kydd is now master's mate on Achilles. Kydd sails for England, but his joy at returning home is soon forgotten when he finds himself at the centre of one of the most extraordinary events in English history- the Mutiny at the Nore. Ten thousand men and scores of ships hold the country to ransom. Kydd is faced with a terrible ch...
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Thomas Kydd Book 8: The Admiral's Daughter
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 8
Duration 11h 11m
1803. Tensions are escalating again between England and France. Smugglers, perilous storms and a treacherous coastline all threaten to overcome HMS Teazer as her men fight to gain control of the seas. Meanwhile an unlikely rival is seeking her captain's heart. The beautiful admiral's daughter could be the key to realising all Kydd's career ambition...
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 20: The Iberian Flame
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 20
Duration 12h 19m
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 Th...
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 5: Quarterdeck
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 5
Duration 10h 25m
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 mast.But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the King's Service and discovered a calling for the sea. Kydd is from humble...
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 13: Betrayal
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 13
Duration 11h 5m
Who will steal the greatest prize of Empire? South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest. Rumors of a treasure hoard of Spanish silver spur Thomas Kydd's commander-in-chief, Commodore Popham, to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on Buenos Aires. The British invasion force wins a battle against impr...
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 21: A Sea of Gold
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 21
Duration 11h 14m
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...
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 24: Thunderer
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 24
Duration 11h 58m
1812. Arriving back in England after his successes in the Adriatic, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is bestowed with honours. 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 pa...
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 7: Command
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 7
Duration 10h 38m
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 in the Levant. But his jubilation does not last long -...
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Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 26
Duration 10h 42m
The 26th Kydd adventure from veteran writer Julian Stockwin. Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.
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Thomas Kydd Series Book 17: Inferno
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 17
Duration 11h 15m
1807: Though Britain's Navy remains imperious, as succession of battles has seen Napolean victorious on mainland Europe. In an attempt to prevent the French from taking control of Denmark's navy, Captain Thomas Kydd's great friend Nicholas Renzi, now Lord Farndon, is sent on a desperate diplomatic mission to persuade the Danes to give up their flee...
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