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A Sea of Gold

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

1809. After his heroic actions during the retreat to Corunna, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is the toast of London society. Here he falls in with the legendary frigate captain, Lord Thomas Cochrane.

So begins a relationship, professional and personal, that will be unlike any that Kydd has known: a relationship that will lead him, almost simultaneously, to first glory, then ruin.

The French fleet is massing in the Basque Roads in a near impregnatable position. The Admiralty orders Cochrane to command an attack, to the chagrin of more senior officers who object to being overlooked and Cochrane's reputation for daring. Cochrane insists that his new friend, Kydd, is in the forefront of the assault armada, a motley collection of rocket, bomb and fire ships that will set the anchorage ablaze - this despite Kydd's almost pathological fear of fire.

The fallout from what follows will see Kydd financially ruined, with only his former shipmates, his oldest friend of all, Nicholas Renzi, and the whisper of hidden Spanish treasure promising the sea of gold that he needs to save himself.
'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' - Daily Express

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

(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2018 Julian Stockwin Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Sea Adventures Naval Fiction

Critic reviews

Tension surges through A Sea of Gold . . . In this rousing yarn, Stockwin again raises naval fiction to a new level
Stockwin has surpassed himself with A Sea of Gold . . . a fine, fully favoured vintage yarn
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Patrick O Brian's Cpt. Aubury is excellent, CS Forester' Hornblower is slower but very good but Julian Stockwins Kydd series is the best, I would recommend this to anyone of any age it has the lot, historic and naval facts but best of all a darn good copper bottomed yarn...

I must also say that Christian Rodska has brought the whole series to life in away that I can not see bettered. He is to be congratulated and I buy other books on the narrator as much as the author. Audible take note a good narrator sells more books and Christian Rodska is one of the best.

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loved it. kidd and Rensey back in a good story with twists and turns and Tigers crew backing the Captain to the end. spot on story.

kidd back in action

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More well written and well read tales art sea and on land with Thomas Kydd.

another brilliant tale of Kydd's adventures

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cant wait until the next adventure, Rodska is perfect in his naration as he was throughout this an the Hornblower series

Amazing, cant wait until the next adventure.

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What an excellent collection of novels in the Kydd series.I couldn't resist from continuous listening to these, (much to the anoyance of my wife).I only hope the latest one To The Eastern Seas is not the last one.

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