Julian Stockwin KYDD First Edition
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Julian Stockwin KYDD First Edition
First UK edition, first print hardback of KYDD, by Julian Stockwin and published by Hodder & Stoughton, London in 2001. Full numberline 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Jacket illustration by Geoff Hunt and Kevin Tweddell.The book is in very good condition (Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine) with only minor shelf wear to the dust jacket (light rubbing to the bottom corner at the back). There is slight spinal lean. Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
Author's first book and first in the Thomas Kydd series. From the dust jacket blurb:1793. Europe is ablaze with war. The Prime Minister, Pitt, is under pressure to make an active move at sea, and dispatches a squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary people must be press-ganged.
Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized, taken across country to Sheerness and the great fleet anchorage of the Nore to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast; but despite all that he goes through in dangers of tempest and battle he comes to admire the skills and courage of the seamen - taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor.
Kydd launches a masterly new writing talent and a thriling new series. Based on dramatic real events, it is classic storytelling at its very best, rich with action, exceptional characters and a page-turning narrative.
373 pages.
ISBN: 0 340 79473 9
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