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Právě se rozhořely napoleonské války a mladého parukáře z Guldfordu unesli násilní verbíři z rodného města, aby se stal členem posádky válečné lodi Duke William. Musí se rychle seznámit s drsnou realitou námořnického života a vyrovnat s ještě drsnějšími zkušenostmi z boje na moři. Přesto i v tomto násilnickém prostředí najde přítele… První kniha z autorovy celosvětově úspěšné historické série.

Volné pokračování románu Kydd, který vyšel v minulém roce, popisuje další osudy Thomase Paina Kydda, původně vlásenkáře z Guildfordu. Život na palubě HMS fregaty Artemis je rychlý a vzrušující a hodně se liší od drsných zkušeností, které získal na řadové lodi Duke William, na níž byl násilně naverbován. Po urputné bitvě s francouzskou válečnou lodí se Artemis vrací do Portsmouthu k opravám a Kydda přijede navštívit sestra. Rodinnému podniku se nedaří, a tak mu nějakou dobu hrozí, že bude muset námořnické řemeslo, které si mezitím zamiloval, opustit, ale nakonec se vše vyřeší, Kydd se vrací do Portsmouthu a vyplouvá na palubě Artemis znovu na moře, tentokrát až na opačnou stranu světa

Řím L. P. 549. Obchodník Nicander a legionář Marius prchají z města před vpádem Ostrogótů, aby si zachránili holý život a začali nový za mořem v Konstantinopoli. Plni odhodlání zbohatnout podniknou několik divokých pokusů, jak přijít k velkým penězům, až jednoho dne dostanou velkolepý nápad. Vyzbrojeni smělým plánem ukrást vzácná a bedlivě střežená semena bájného hedvábného stromu v daleké zemi lidu Seres, pouštějí se Nicander a Marius na strastiplnou a záludnou cestu do neprobádaných krajů. Avšak dříve než se vydají na svou pouť do neznáma, setkají se s řadou významných postav monumentální Byzantské říše a nakonec se pokusí obelstít i samotného císaře Justiniána. V dobrodružném příběhu plném překvapivých zvratů čelí Nicander a Marius mnohým, často smrtelným nebezpečím, kdy nejen v zemích římského impéria nic není takové, jak se na první pohled zdá…

'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' - Daily Express 1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd finds his glorious return to England cut short when the Admiralty summons him to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy. Kydd is dubbed 'The Sea Devil' by Bonaparte who personally appoints one of his favourites, Dubourdieu, along with a fleet that greatly outweighs the British, to rid him of this menace. At the same time, Nicholas Renzi is sent to Austria on a secret mission to sound out the devious arch-statesman, Count Metternich. His meeting reveals a deadly plan by Bonaparte that threatens the whole balance of power in Europe. The only thing that can stop it is a decisive move at sea and for this he must somehow cross the Alps to the Adriatic to contact Kydd directly. A climactic sea battle where the stakes could not be higher is inevitable. Kydd faces Dubourdieu with impossible odds stacked against him. Can he shatter Bonaparte's dreams of breaking out of Europe and marching to the gates of India and Asia?

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brien, Bernard Cornwall, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: Tyger is the sixteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

Commander Tom Kydd joins Nelson's fleet for the greatest sea encounter in history: the Battle of Trafalgar.

The fourteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail. This will be the twenty-first novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series.

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail. This will be the twenty-fourth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series.

The sixth novel in Julian Stockwin's seafaring series shows Kydd's ambition starting to dawn, as he realises that now he's an officer there are no limits to where he can go in the Navy.

Sharpe on ships: Julian Stockwin is the Bernard Cornwell of the seas.

Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that Spain's South American colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest and of a treasure hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty, Buenos Aires.

The 26th Kydd adventure from veteran writer Julian Stockwin.

The fifteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

Unputdownable naval action from the master of the sea story - 'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' Guardian 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's famous sea action aboard Tyger has snatched his reputation from ignominy. He is the hero of the hour. But though Britain's Navy remains imperious, a succession of battles has seen Napoleon victorious on mainland Europe. In an attempt to prevent the French from taking control of Denmark's navy, Kydd's great friend Nicholas Renzi - now Lord Farndon - is sent on a desperate diplomatic mission to persuade the Danes to give up their fleet to Britain. But the Danes are caught between two implacable forces and will not yield, opting instead for the inferno of battle . . .

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.

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' Guardian

The eighth and best yet in Julian Stockwin's hugely popular seafaring series for readers who love Sharpe and Horatio Hornblower

Kydd's first mission after the triumph of Trafalgar is to capture and protect a fragile new British colony: 19th century Cape Town

This is Sharpe with ships - and for readers who love Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O'Brian. The seventh novel in Julian Stockwin's hugely popular seafaring series, published to tie in with the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: The Iberian Flame will be the twentieth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series.

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail. This will be the twenty-fifth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series.

A dramatic new cover look for the bestselling adventures of Kydd in the Great Age of Sail

Sharpe on ships: Julian Stockwin is the Bernard Cornwell of the seas

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: Persephone is the eighteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series.

Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell, and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas will be the twentieth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series.

The nineteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

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