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Command (Thomas Kydd 7) [Kindle Edition]

Julian Stockwin (Author)
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'I was soon turning the pages almost indecently fast ... Roll on, the promised adventures of Kydd and Renzi.'

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'I was soon turning the pages almost indecently fast ... Roll on, the promised adventures of Kydd and Renzi.' -- Independent on KYDD 'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world.' -- Guardian on KYDD 'The appeal of the story is in the telling, which is atmospheric, authentic and disclosed from the unusual perspective of the ordinary sailor working his way up the ranks ... The author had a long career in the Royal Navy, which adds to his prose that extra dash of salty realism.' -- Publishing News on MUTINY 'As with the previous books, Seaflower is a busy story, crammed with events but never predictable. Like all good sea stories, it takes you to strange and wonderful places. There are hurricanes and battles and intrigues ... Fans of naval fiction, or just those who appreciate a good yarn, will not want to miss it.' -- West Australian on SEAFLOWER
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 393 KB
  • Print Length: 324 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1590131207
  • Publisher: Hodder (11 Dec 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003LPUXJY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #12,541 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The seventh book in this series based on life in Nelson's Navy finds Lieutenant Kydd emerging from another doldrums period in his naval career to be given command of his own ship, the brig Teazer. We share both the joy at his first command and also the challenges it brings both professional and personal. The storyline as ever is strong with Malta as the initial central location and plenty of sea action but this time from the perspective of Kydd having to lead and gain the trust and confidence of his men - not the plain sailing he expected. He eventually succeeds in the course of a successful sea battle against La Fouine, revenge for an earlier exchange where the French ship almost had the better of him.

His joy turns to unhappiness and almost despair when peace is declared and Teazer is laid up and he left without a command. This brings Kydd to the realisation that he is now a sailor, only really at home at sea and prepared to command a prison transportation ship bound for New South Wales if that is the only way in which he can achieve this.

By chance Kydd's former naval companion Renzi is a passenger on Kydd's ship but they are estranged with Renzi having rejected his inheritance but having no real role in life and determined to build a future in New South Wales. His and Kydd's adventures and experiences there develop the storyline further and the book ends with Kydd back in his country's service and Renzi and he reconciled.

This is the best book in the series to date with its blend of strong storyline, credible and developed characterisation and historical fact. What I particularly liked was the development of Kydd's character as he faces the reality of command and the underlying theme of the book which is about both Renzi and Kydd taking command of their lives. It is about growing up and taking responsibility. It builds on the previous books and leaves me looking forward impatiently to the next.

Well done Julian for what is becoming a real tour de force.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Parm TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
The seventh book in a long running series that just seems to get better and better the characters keep growning and flowing with their ever expanding plot lines and movement into the ever larger arena of their times, as they and their careers / fortunes grow so do the scale and power of the troubles they encounter gone is the innocence to the plot a new origionality pervades the whole story and leaves the reader with a shanty lilt to their speech and a roll to their gait.

This for me is the most difficult book in the series for most readers, peace is declared part way into the book, and with peace..no battles no roar of the cannon, no bloodlust no adrenaline, but what many miss is the master and commander style plot and pace and descriptions that the ordinary sailor would have seen and experienced, the fact that life was not all war and glory, it was still battle but with the elements and monotony and the people you sailed with, we learn more about our main characters in this book and experience more with them, its a different book, and still a very good book.

All of this coupled with Julians obvious passion for the sea and all things nautical, this is a series that does rank up there with Forrester and O'Brian, every year i look forward to my new instalment of Kydd...but to get there you have to start at the beginning dont spoil it and come in part way.

Well recommended

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Kydd Takes Command 14 Sep 2006
Format:Hardcover
I consider this,the seventh book of the series as "Different", insomuch that, as usual we get our fair share of sea action and the resultant excitement ,we are being shown Kydd not only as a fighter,leader,and aspirant to greater things,but as Kydd the man and even moreso "the man within the man" Having in this book attained the Godlike heights of command,though it be only a small and somewhat insignificant vessel,we are now seeing Kydd portrayed as hesitant,and self questioning as to his actions and decisions.
Up to this point in his career he has always had the cushion of a senior who must answer to Their Lordships at the Admiralty--------now HE is that senior.With the glory must come the responsibility,and he appears to find this not a small burden to bear. Kydd the man is coming of age!

This new land is now a country which is well known to our author,and I for one much enjoyed the historical description of life in the raw.This writer is a stickler for authenticity.and research is a religeon!!
This is just one of the reasons that makes Kydd so readable,rewarding and enjoyable
Stockwin IS Kidd ----Long may they sail together!!
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Command
It gathered pace and quickly gripped me so that I felt part of the story.But having left the Navy and travelling to Australia I found even more fascinating and could hardly leave... Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. A. Bevington
Stockwins again !
They just go on ! The Kydd saga is unputdownable. This yarn is where Kydd gains his ambition to command his own ship of the line. Great psychological back story.
Published 3 months ago by calidaman
A stepchange
As a fan of O'Brian, I took to this series slowly, though they are all enjoyable. Now that Tom has his own vessel to command, I found the quality of the story improving... Read more
Published 9 months ago by michael
Thomas Kydd series
This is an intriguing view into the lower orders of seamen. It is similar to the Patrick O'Brian series, but set "before the mast". Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2009 by 1950man
what is with that cover?!
I have enjoyed all the novels in this series but will someone please tell the publishers that putting that chap on the cover makes it look like something from Mills and Boon... Read more
Published on 4 April 2008 by CBM
OK book in series.
I have come to expect a lot from Julian Stockwin and his Kydd novels. Mr. Stockwin is very knowledgeable and can put the reader right in the middle of the story. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Dr J
OK book in series.
I have come to expect a lot from Julian Stockwin and his Kydd novels. Mr. Stockwin is very knowledgeable and can put the reader right in the middle of the story. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Dr J
OK book in series.
I have come to expect a lot from Julian Stockwin and his Kydd novels. Mr. Stockwin is very knowledgeable and can put the reader right in the middle of the story. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Dr J
Compelling and very well writen
This new novel on the Kydd series brings interesting and someway dramatic turning points in Kydd and Renzi's lives. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2006 by Paulo Manuel G. Meireles
Not so good as previous ones...
I thoroughly enjoyed the previous Kydd novels, so was very disppointed that Julian Stockwin now seems to be just writing them 'for the money'. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2006 by J. A. Ferguson
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