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 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...
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 6: Tenacious
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 6
Duration 11h 10m
Thomas Paine Kydd is in Halifax enjoying the recognition and favour of his fellow officers when Tenacious is summoned to join Horatio Nelson's taskforce on an urgent reconnaissance mission. Intelligence suggests the French Revolution is about to set the Mediterranean ablaze, but Bonaparte's fleet is nowhere to be found. Nelson and his 'Ba...
View BookAuthor: 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.
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 11: Victory
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 11
Duration 11h 15m
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 at Trafalgar. Kydd’s journey takes him from fal...
View BookThomas 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...
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 23: Balkan Glory
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 23
Duration 12h 4m
1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. The Admiralty summons Thomas Kydd to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy. Kydd is dubbed 'The Sea Devil' by Bonaparte who personally appoints one of his favourites, Dubourdieu, along with a fleet tha...
View BookThomas 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...
View BookThomas 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...
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 22: To the Eastern Seas
Author: Julian Stockwin
Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 22
Duration 11h 57m
1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. The Admiralty summons Thomas Kydd to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy. Kydd is dubbed 'The Sea Devil' by Bonaparte who personally appoints one of his favourites, Dubourdieu, along with a fleet tha...
View BookThomas 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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