Command

by Julian Stockwin

Overview

Volume #7 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series. Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and must race against the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French. But when peace is declared, the young captain finds himsel...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493071272
Publisher:	Mcbooks Press
Publication date:	04/01/2023
Series:	Kydd Sea Adventures , #7
Edition description:	2023 Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	413,990
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Julian Stockwin is a graduate of TS (Training Ship) Indefatigable, a sea-training school. He joined the British Navy at age 15 and retired from the Royal Navy Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He is the author of The Kydd Sea Adventures series, which includes Mutiny, Quarterdeck, and Tenacious.

Editorial Reviews

Elegantly plotted. .. the writing has the power of a broadside at close range.

Oxford Times

A rousingly exciting and delicious full-immersion in the perils of seafaring and society during the great Age of Sail!

Dewey Lambdin

The vantage point of the common sailor gives the nautical novel a fresh twist. In Stockwin’s hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world.

The Guardian

Stockwin's descriptions of the bloody reality of naval combat 200 years ago are memorably vivid, and reveal a profound respect for the seamen who were willing to sacrifice their lives to help save their country.

Yorkshire Evening Post

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

Stockwin excels at showing readers the isolation and loneliness of command, as well as the profound responsibility that rests on Commander Kydd’s shoulders.. .. Command, the seventh offering in the Kydd Sea Adventures, provides a startling contrast between life in the Royal Navy and merchant marine, as well as providing glimpses of what awaits those who find themselves forging new lives in Australia.

Pirates and Privateers

"Stockwin's richly detailed . . . portrait of life on ship and shore in Britain's oceanic empire is engrossing. He 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



"Likable Tom and his shipmates make a snug fit in that page-turning Forester and O'Brian tradition—thanks to retired Royal Navy author Stockwin."  —Kirkus Reviews

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