Julian Stockwin

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books - 2 Series
  • First Book:
    June 2001
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Kydd Sea Adventure

1 - Kydd (Jun-2001)
2 - Artemis (Jun-2002)
3 - Seaflower (May-2003)
4 - Mutiny (Jun-2004)
5 - Quarterdeck (Apr-2005)
6 - Tenacious (Sep-2006)
7 - Command (Oct-2006)
8 - The Admiral's Daughter (Oct-2007)
9 - The Privateer's Revenge // Treachery (Oct-2008)
10 - Invasion (Oct-2009)
11 - Victory (Oct-2010)
12 - Conquest (Oct-2011)
13 - Betrayal (Oct-2012)
14 - Caribbee (Nov-2013)
15 - Pasha (Nov-2014)
16 - Tyger (Nov-2015)
17 - Inferno (Oct-2016)
18 - Persephone (May-2017)
19 - The Baltic Prize (Nov-2017)
20 - The Iberian Flame (Aug-2018)
21 - A Sea of Gold (Nov-2018)
22 - To the Eastern Seas (Oct-2019)
23 - Balkan Glory (Jan-2021)
24 - Thunderer (Jan-2022)
25 - Kydd 25 (Oct-2022)

Moments of History

1 - The Silk Tree (Apr-2016)
2 - The Powder of Death (Aug-2016)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Kydd

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 1

    Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary citizens must be press-ganged.

    Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig...

  • Artemis

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 2

    A sequel to Kydd finds young Thomas Kydd, having fallen in love with the sea despite his kidnapping, joining the crew of the frigate Artemis and surviving a fierce battle against the French before embarking on a perilous and mutiny-te...

  • Seaflower

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 3

    In a third epic naval adventure, Thomas Kydd and his fellow shipwrecked seamates return to 1797 England to attend the court-martial of the Artemis's sole surviving officer and are subsequently sent to the Caribbean, where he finds himself on ...

  • Mutiny

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 4

    One of history's most notorious naval insurrections is re-created, as Kydd crosses the Mediterranean to a rendezvous with danger and returns to England-only to find himself caught up in the Nore Mutiny. Kydd is a loyal servant of the King, and he is ...

  • Quarterdeck

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 5

    Thomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797. Now, he must sit an examination to confirm his rank - or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a m...

  • Tenacious

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 6

    This book finds Thomas Kydd aboard Tenacious, part of a small squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. Its mission is to scour the Mediterranean and locate Napoleon and his army. Kydd's newly fired ambition leads him to volunteer for shore ...

  • Command

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 7

    Thrilled at his first command, a little brig sloop called Teazer, Thomas Kydd must race to bring his ship to battle readiness �" he is desperately needed to defend Malta against Barbary corsairs, ferocious privateers and the French who are frantical...

  • The Admiral's Daughter

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 8

    In the eighth book of this popular series, Thomas Kydd and Nicholas Renzi return to England in 1803 after tumultuous episodes on the other side of the world to find England in peril of starvation and bankruptcy. Kydd is placed back in command of his ...

  • The Privateer's Revenge // Treachery

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 9

    IN THIS NINTH INSTALLMENT IN THE KYDD SERIES, Lieutenant Thomas Kydd faces implacable enemies in high places as he reels from the death of his fiancée and the loss of his brig, Teazer. Framed and unfairly dismissed from his ship, he and his friend R...



  • Invasion

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 10

    IN THIS TENTH BOOK OF THE KYDD SERIES, rumors fly of Napoleon's planned invasion of England. In France, American inventor Robert Fulton has created the submarine and torpedo -- weapons that he claims will win the day for the power that possesses them...

  • Victory

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 11

    Commander Thomas Kydd is eager to play his part in thwarting Bonaparte's plans for the invasion of England. He and his ship join Admiral Nelson's command just before the greatest sea encounter of all time: the Battle of Trafalgar. We also see the act...

  • Conquest

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 12

    Newly victorious at the Battle of Trafalgar, England now rules the seas and is free to colonize the furthest reaches of the world. Captain Thomas Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic harbor that will give England a rich ...

  • Betrayal

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 13

    Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydd’s daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South America’s Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest. Rumors of a treasure hoard of Spanish silver spur him to assemble a ma...

  • Caribbee

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 14

    As the captain of a useful frigate, Thomas Kydd is claimed by the Leeward Islands station, exchanging the harsh situation in South America for the warmth and delights of the Caribbean. It’s a sea change for Kydd, who revisits the places and people ...

  • Pasha

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 15

    Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthnot that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French and if the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon’s route to India will be completely unfettered and his plans for wor...

  • Tyger

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 16

    In the 16th volume in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring the dashing naval Captain Thomas Kydd, Kydd is offered a new command but that ship is still under construction, so he decides to look up one of his old naval friends and...

  • The Silk Tree

    Moments of History - 1

    After escaping the sack of Rome in 549 AD two adventurers, the Greek Nicander and former legionary Marius, dare all to steal the secret of silk from China. Rooted in the historical record, this is an epic quest across a vast geographical canvas from ...

  • The Powder of Death

    Moments of History - 2

    1261. Oxford, England. An envoy returns from the land of the Tartars to meet with an English scholar and share a deadly secret. The two men vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them as the consequences are otherwise too fatal to contempl...

  • Inferno

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 17

    Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions for world domination are growing apace, when Captain Sir Thomas Kydd returns to take up command of his ship Tyger, he finds himself called to be part of a great armada on a mission of the utmost urgency. Britain is alon...



  • Persephone

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 18

    Unputdownable naval action from the master of the sea story - Julian Stockwin returns with the next installment of action from Captain Sir Thomas Kydd.

    November 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Fami...

  • The Baltic Prize

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 19

    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. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar...

  • The Iberian Flame

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 20

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

    1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Josep...

  • A Sea of Gold

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 21

    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.

    'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard ...

  • To the Eastern Seas

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 22

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

    With Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the race to empire is now resumed. Britain''s ambitions turn to the ...

  • Balkan Glory

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 23

    ''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...

  • Thunderer

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 24

    'Stockwin creates a knotty narrative, writing with authority about Britain's Georgian navy and the physical world at sea with intrigue, captivating characters, and deft storytelling. Thunderer is a suspenseful journey' Quarterdeck1812. Arriving back ...

  • Kydd 25

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 25

    1812. Off the coast of Brazil, HMS Java, a proud British 38-gun frigate, is captured in battle by the American USS Constitution - signaling across the world's oceans challenge to Britain's naval premiership that cannot be ignored. Back in England Cap...

  • Treachery

    In this ninth installment of the riveting nautical adventure series, Lieutenant Thomas Kydd descends into depression following the loss of his fiancée. Rescued from despair by his close friend Renzi, Kydd finds life increasingly difficult when h...

  • Yankee Mission

    1812. Off the coast of Brazil, HMS Java, a proud British 38-gun frigate, is captured in battle by the American USS Constitution - signaling across the world's oceans a challenge to Britain's naval premiership that cannot b...



  • Sea of Treason

  • Kydd 26

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julian Stockwin has published 31 books.

The next book by Julian Stockwin, Kydd 26, will be published in January 2024.

The first book by Julian Stockwin, Kydd, was published in June 2001.

Yes. Julian Stockwin has 2 series.
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