Tenacious: A Kydd Sea Adventure (Kydd Sea Adventures): 6 - Softcover

Stockwin, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590131428 ISBN 13: 9781590131428

Publisher: McBooks Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 faces the great ships-of-the-line at the Battle of the Nile as the British take on the French in a no-holds-barred struggle for supremacy in southern waters. But there is one more test to come: the Siege of Acre, where Kydd and a handful of British seamen under the command of Sir Sidney Smith face an army of thirteen thousand!

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Review:

"Stockwin's writing is enriched by his own experiences in the Royal Navy, which gives scenes of fighting and tempest an authenticity to delight anyone who shares his passion for the sea."" --Daily Telegraph"

"Fast action, great characters and tremendous dialogue make ["Tenacious"], and the five previous Kydd books, top-of-the-line naval adventures." --"Illawarra Mercury"

"[Stockwin] writes evocatively of shipboard routine, the panic and confusion of combat, and the terrifying approach of a storm at sea, and he knows how to stage enthralling action scenes." --Publisher's Weekly

"This writer knows his stuff when it comes to describing life at sea." --The Historical Novels Review

From the Author:

The more I researched for this book, the more I came to believe that it was not Trafalgar that was Nelson’s finest hour – to my mind that came seven years earlier, in the shallow, sandy waters of Aboukir Bay, off the coast of Alexandria – at the Battle of the Nile – and an engagement which is central to this book. Tom Kydd actually meets his great hero Lord Nelson and is eye witness to his tumultuous welcome at Naples after the great victory. It is always a challenge for a writer to deal with real characters from history but no historical fiction writer dealing with the great age of sail can ignore Nelson. It was with some humility that I wrote my brief pen portrait, and I trust it gives some small insights into both the seamanship and the humanity of the man.

About this edition

• Publisher: McBooks Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1590131428
• ISBN 13: 9781590131428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336