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Seaflower

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Description

While Thomas Kydd and a group of fellow sailors are waiting to be summoned as court-martial witnesses in London they are mysteriously shipped off to the Caribbean to protect the officer on trial's reputation.

Product Details

PublisherMcBooks Press
Publish DateSeptember 01, 2022
Pages326
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781493068821
Dimensions8.5 X 5.5 X 0.7 inches | 0.9 pounds

About the Author

About the Author Julian Stockwin was sent at the age of fourteen to TS Indefatigable, a tough sea-training school. He joined the Royal Navy at fifteen before transferring to the Royal Australian Navy, where he served for eight years in the Far East, Antarctic waters and the South Seas. He was awarded the MBE and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He now lives in Devon with his wife Kathy. More information can be found on his website at www.JulianStockwin.com.

Reviews

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


Comparable to C.C. Humphreys's Jack Absolute series and the naval tales of the great Patrick O'Brian.


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


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.


Rousing naval adventure series . . . [Stockwin's] portrait of life on ship and shore in Britain's oceanic empire is engrossing.


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.


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.


The mark of a great storyteller is one who consistently captures the mood of the story in ways that allow readers to experience firsthand the highs and lows the characters face, whether these involve the pain of flogging, the misery of yellow fever, the bleakness of being landbound, the drudgery of paperwork, or nerve-wracking reconnaissance. Julian Stockwin is such an author. At the same time, he spins his tale with succinct writing and tantalizing action. Seaflower catches the reader in its web from the first page and doesn't let go until the last. Even then the reader is left wanting more, which in this case is possible because this is but the third title in the Kydd Sea Adventures series.


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.

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