Seaflower: Thomas Kydd 3 (signed UK first edition)

Stockwin, Julian

ISBN 10: 0340794771 / ISBN 13: 9780340794777

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 2003

About this Item

First UK edition, first printing with full number line. Signed by Stockwin on title page. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. See my photos -- they are of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. #502.

Seller Inventory # 007541

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seaflower: Thomas Kydd 3 (signed UK first edition)
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication Date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0340794771
• ISBN 13: 9780340794777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

It is two years since Thomas Paine Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the old line-of-battle ship Duke William. Now, together with his high-born friend Nicholas Renzi and other members of the ill-fated Artemis, Tom is a shipwrecked sailor back in the land of his birth. They find themselves waiting to be summoned as court martial witnesses, and in a political act to shield an officer's reputation, they are shipped out in haste to the Caribbean - where sugar is king and yellow jack a fearsome peril.

A spell ashore at the dockyard in Antigua shows Kydd another side of the Royal Navy, the complexities of maintaining Britain's fighting ships around the world. There he also has to deal with a number of personal challenges and in so doing earns the ire of the feared master shipwright. Summarily dismissed from the dockyard, Kydd faces an unknown future.

Renzi contrives to reunite the old crew of Artemis in Seaflower, a graceful and trim little topsail cutter, that Kydd fell in love with the first time he saw her. At first the plucky craft brings them luck and fortune but she is eventually overwhelmed by the raw forces of the sea - and Kydd finds his seamanship, tenacity and courage put to the ultimate test.

About the Author

Julian Stockwin was sent to sea-training school at the age of fourteen, then he joined the Royal Navy at fifteen. He transferred to the Royal Australian Navy when his family emigrated and saw service in the Far East, the Antarctic and the South Seas.In Vietnam he served on a carrier task force. Later he was commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve. He was awarded the MBE and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He now lives in Guildford with his wife Kathy.