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Summary: "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 world domination a reality. Concerned for his safety, Arbuthnot is demanding a large fleet presence to take him off and bring the Turks to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STOStockwin, Julian.
Summary: "As the captain of a useful frigate, 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 places and people that figured in his time as a young seaman. Some are nostalgic and pleasing, while others bring challenges of a personal nature. In Europe, Napoleon is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: 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 trade route to India. With enemies lurking on all sides, Kydd and his men must defend the fragile colony while braving Africa's vast and hostile...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STOStockwin, Julian.
Summary: Thomas Kydd's ship, part of a makeship fleet from South Africa under Commodore Home Popham, invades Buenos Aires in hopes of a treasure of silver, only to find the local population, instead of rising against the Spanish, uniting against them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STORobards, Karen.
Summary: He was her husband, her lover, the pirate who seized her body, then stole her heart. Lady Catherine Aldley fled England to make a home with the infamous Jonathan Hale in Carolina. But their perfect life was shattered when Cathy was summoned to England to her ailing father, and discovered that her marriage to Jonathan was a sham. He was a wanted man, one step from the gallows. The only way she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROBRussell, Sean
Summary: While on route to the Caribbean to meddle with French shipping to the colonies, Captain Charles Hayden must deal with two dilemmas when the HMS Themis first rescues a suspicious pair of Spanish castaways whose origins and agenda are suspect, and then stumbles across a crippled slave ship. Upon arriving at the Barbados station, he finds himself under the command of the impetuous and foolhardy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RUSO'Brian, Patrick
Summary: 1st American ed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1993
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC O'BriStockwin, Julian.
Summary: After being promoted during the Battle of Camperdown, acting Lieutenant Thomas Kydd finds himself aboard the U.S.S. Constellation operating out of Halifax during the first days of the American Navy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2005
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Summary: 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 beloved vessel, Teazer, but he barely has time to prep her for the sea when he is sent on an urgent mission. Smugglers, enemy privateers, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2007