Command: A Kydd Sea Adventure

Stockwin, Julian

ISBN 10: 1590131207 / ISBN 13: 9781590131206

Published by McBooks Press, Ithaca, NY, 2007

About this Item

8vo, 319 pp., First printing of the first American edition.

Seller Inventory # 094152

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Command: A Kydd Sea Adventure
• Publisher: McBooks Press, Ithaca, NY
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590131207
• ISBN 13: 9781590131206
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

In this seventh book of the series, Thomas Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and he must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French, who are frantically trying to rescue the remnants of their army in the Levant. Suddenly, peace is declared, and the young captain finds himself ashore. To make ends meet, he agrees to transport convicts to Australia. Little does he know that his friend Renzi, weakened by illness and embittered with the service, is also bound for that colony as a settler. There they will be forced to face their deepest fears and prove themselves against all odds.

About the Author

About the Author Julian Stockwin was sent at the age of fourteen to TS Indefatigable, a tough sea-training school. He joined the Royal Navy at fifteen before transferring to the Royal Australian Navy, where he served for eight years in the Far East, Antarctic waters and the South Seas. He was awarded the MBE and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He now lives in Devon with his wife Kathy. More information can be found on his website at www.JulianStockwin.com.