The eighth in Julian Stockwin's popular 'Sea Faring' series for readers who love Sharpe and Horatio Hornblower.

Thomas Paine Kydd is in Halifax when Tenacious joins Horatio Nelson's taskforce on a reconnaissance mission. Bonaparte's fleet is nowhere to be found. Nelson and his 'Band of Brothers' begin a search for him. With his newfound ambition, Kydd faces his greatest challenge ever amidst bloodstained seas. And defeat will mean humiliation or death.

Preparing to take a difficult examination that will enable his lieutenancy, Kydd faces a more daunting challenge aboard the sixty-four-gun Tenacious in his efforts to compete against high-brow officers, a situation that is further complicated when Kydd reaches the colonies and witnesses the turbulent birth of the American navy. Reprint.

After joining the crew of the Bacchante in 1797, Kydd is sent to rescue a British diplomat trapped in Venice by Napoleon's siege of the city and then returns to face an even greater challenge--mutiny among his crew. Reprint.

Thomas Paine Kydd volunteers for a mission to rescue a British diplomat from the forces of Napoleon in Venice, a voyage during which he must choose between loyalties when a fleet mutiny takes place.

Product Description: When Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William, he must learn the harsh realities of shipboard life quickly. Despite all he goes through, amid dangers of tempest and battle, he comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen, taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor and defender of Britain at war...read more

Product Description: The third installment in a rousing naval-adventure series, this historical saga follows the shipwrecked Thomas Kydd and the rest of the crew from the ill-fated HMS Artemis. Returning to England for the court-martial of the sole-surviving officer from that voyage, Kydd has evidence that could destroy the officer's career, as well as his own...read more

A sequel to Kydd finds young Thomas Kydd, having fallen in love with the sea despite his kidnapping, joining the crew of the frigate Artemis and surviving a fierce battle against the French before embarking on a perilous and mutiny-tested journey to India, China, the South Seas, and around the world. 30,000 first printing.

In the first volume of a new seafaring adventure series, Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker, is pressed into service in 1793 and sent to serve aboard the British Navy's Duke William at the height of conflict during the Napoleonic Wars. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.