Kydd novels
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Kydd novels volume 1
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Young wig-maker Thomas Paine Kydd is impressed and forced to join the crew of a British battleship. He comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen. But can he accept the challenge himself to become a true sailor and defender of Britain?
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Artemis , Kydd novels volume 2
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Kydd novels volume 3
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2008, ©2003
Language
English
Description
Thomas Kydd and his fellow shipwrecked seamates return to England in 1797 for the court-martial of the Artemis' sole surviving officer and are subsequently sent to the Caribbean, where Thomas finds himself on a voyage aboard the naval cutter Seaflower.
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Mutiny: a Kydd novel , Kydd novels volume 4
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Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Language
English
Description
The sixth Thomas Kydd adventure is a tale of courage and fighting skill, as Kydd joins the forces of the redoubtable Admiral Horatio Nelson. Kydd fights in the famous Battle of the Nile and later at the siege of Acre, where he and a handful of men face an army of thirteen thousand.
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Kydd novels volume 7
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Having acquired his first command in a little brig-sloop, Thomas Kydd races the clock to prepare the ship for a battle against Barbary pirates, an effort that stops abruptly when peace is declared, forcing Kydd to take a job as captain of a convict ship transporting criminals to Australia.
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The admiral's daughter: a Kydd sea adventure , Kydd novels volume 8
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The privateer's revenge: a Kydd sea adventure , Kydd novels volume 9
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10) Invasion
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English
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Napoleon's forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd's ship is at the forefront of the fleet. Then Kydd is abruptly withdrawn from the fleet and sent back to Dover on a secret mission to guard a mysterious American inventor. He is furious to find he will miss his opportunity to prove himself in battle. Yet Kydd's role in the approaching war may be the most crucial part he has ever played.
11) Victory
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English
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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 of Trafalgar. Kydd's journey takes him from false sightings of the enemy and dramatic chases across the Atlantic, to the bloody annihilation of the enemy during the actual battle, and the heroic aftermath. This is Kydd's most important adventure...
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Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Captain Thomas Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic harbor that will give England a rich trade route to India. With enemies lurking on all sides, Kydd and his men must defend the fragile colony while braving Africa's vast and hostile hinterland. When Renzi learns too much about the enemy's plans, even Kydd may not be able to save him. 320 pp.
13) Betrayal
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English
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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 improbable odds, but soon finds itself surrounded by a hostile population. Now Kydd's men must face resistance...
14) Caribbee
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English
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Thomas Kydd, a hero of Trafalgar, holds the glory of being Post-Captain of the 32-gun frigate, L'Aurore. A Caribbean posting seems a welcome respite for the war hero, but when more and more merchantmen begin vanishing from the sea, fear starts to spread. Kydd must embark on a dangerous game of espionage in order to destroy this new and terrible danger to the Empire.
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Pasha: a Kydd sea adventure , Kydd novels volume 15
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17) Inferno
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Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions for world domination are growing apace, when Captain Sir Thomas Kydd returns to take up command of his ship Tyger, he finds himself called to be part of a great armada on a mission of the utmost urgency. Britain is alone and isolated in Europe. If the kingdom is to thwart a deadly threat she must move very quickly to secure her position with neutral Denmark. A desperate decision is made by the Cabinet. It sends a sea...
18) Persephone
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
November 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family's evacuation in the face of Napoleon's ruthless advance through Iberia. In the chaos of the threatened city an old passion is reawakened when he meets Persephone Lockwood, a beautiful and determined admiral's daughter from his past. But the Royal Family's destination is Brazil, Perspehone's England, and it seems Kydd's chance has gone again. Only later he...
19) The Baltic prize
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Series
Kydd novels volume 19
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition must defend Britain's dearly-won freedom in those waters. However Kydd finds his popular fame as a frigate captain is a poisoned chalice; in the face of jealousy...
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The Iberian flame , Kydd novels volume 20
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A sea of gold , Kydd novels volume 21
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To the Eastern seas , Kydd novels volume 22
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Balkan glory , Kydd novels volume 23
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Yankee mission , Kydd novels volume 25
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Sea of treason , Kydd novels volume 26
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