Julian Stockwin

1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses....

Thomas Kydd has dragged himself up in the navy from press-ganged seaman to captain of his own ship. Now he faces disgrace.....

1793 and Europe is ablaze with war. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized by the press gang to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William....

Thrilled at his first command....

This second naval adventure follows the life of Thomas Paine Kydd who sails into Portsmouth a hero after a ferocious battle against the French....

Napoleon's forces are poised to invade Britain, and Commander Thomas Kydd's ship is at the forefront of the fleet defending the English coast....

Kydd, to win the heart of a lady....

Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda....

With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Joseph, on the throne of Spain....

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....

Kydd is in Halifax....

Thomas Kydd, a hero of Trafalgar, holds the glory of being Post-Captain of the 32-gun frigate, L'Aurore....

Thomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797....

It's 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....

It is two years since Thomas Paine Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the 'Duke William'....

Ashore on leave, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd learns of a dismal harvest and general hardship among the population. In Germany, Napoleon Bonaparte is celebrating victories that once again make his name feared throughout Europe.

Commander Thomas Kydd is eager to play his part in thwarting Bonaparte’s plans for the invasion of England....

Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....

It's 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's famous sea action aboard Tyger has snatched his reputation from ignominy....

Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief....