Julian Stockwin

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Julian Stockwin
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Born (1944-01-15) January 15, 1944 (age 80)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Occupation Novelist
Genre Historical action-adventure
Notable works Kydd , Artemis , Seaflower , Mutiny , Quarterdeck , Tenacious , Command , The Admiral's Daughter , Treachery , Invasion , Victory , Conquest , Betrayal , Pasha , The Silk Tree , Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany
Website
www.julianstockwin.com

Julian Stockwin MBE (born 1944 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) is an author of historical action-adventure fiction. As well as the Kydd Series he has written two standalone novels The Silk Tree and The Powder of Death.

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Biography

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Julian in front of HMS Victory

Born in 1944, Stockwin soon developed a love for the sea, having an uncle, Tom Clay, who was a seaman in square-rigged ships and had sailed around Cape Horn in the Cutty Sark . [1]

After grammar school, his father sent him to sea-training school at Indefatigable at age 14. He joined the Royal Navy at 15 and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy when his family emigrated. [2] Stockwin served eight years, and was eventually rated petty officer.

Stockwin attended the University of Tasmania to read Far Eastern studies and psychology. He did post-graduate work in cross-cultural psychology. He got involved in the manufacture and design of computers and software development. Returning to the navy and the Royal Navy Reserve, Stockwin was honoured with an MBE. [3] and retired as lieutenant commander. [1]

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1990 and started to write in 1996. He currently resides in Ivybridge, Devon.

Works

Thomas Kydd series

#Title [4] PublisherPublication Date
1 Kydd
1793
Hodder & Stoughton2001
A wig maker from Guildford, Thomas Kydd finds himself pressed into the service of the Crown as a landsman. His first berth is aboard HMS Duke William, where he befriends Nicholas Renzi.
2Artemis
1794
Hodder & Stoughton2002
Now berthed in Artemis, Kydd journeys to the Pacific and China.
3Seaflower
1795
Hodder & Stoughton2003
Kydd and Renzi are shipped to the Caribbean. There they join the cutter Seaflower.
4Mutiny
1797
Hodder & Stoughton2004
The Nore mutiny finds Kydd with split loyalties – between his duty and his shipmates.
5Quarterdeck
1798
Hodder & Stoughton2005
After being promoted to Lieutenant after the Nore Mutiny, Thomas Kydd joins Tenacious serving in Canada.
6Tenacious
1798
Hodder & Stoughton2005
Kydd's ship Tenacious takes part in the Battle of the Nile.
7Command
1801–1802
Hodder & Stoughton2006
Kydd is assigned as Commander of Teazer, patrolling the waters around Malta and the Mediterranean. When peace is declared he resigns his commission and sails to the antipodes as captain of a merchant ship.
8The Admiral's Daughter
1803
Hodder & Stoughton2007
War with France resumes. Again in command of Teazer, Kydd has challenges both naval and relational as he encounters an Admiral's daughter, the sophisticated Persephone Lockwood.
9Treachery
1803 (aka The Privateer's Revenge in the USA)
Hodder & Stoughton2008
Kydd is disgraced and leaves naval service. However he takes to the sea again as a privateer.
10Invasion
1804
Hodder & Stoughton2009
Exonerated and back in Naval service, Kydd encounters the rocket inventor Robert Fulton.
11Victory
1805
Hodder & Stoughton2010
Our hero takes part in the build-up to and the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain.
12Conquest
1806
Hodder & Stoughton2011
Cape Town, a Dutch colony, is to be taken; Kydd joins a joint expedition of land- and sea-based forces.
13Betrayal
1806
Hodder & Stoughton2012
Kydd travels from South Africa to Buenos Aires to take part in Commodore Popham's audacious attack.
14Caribbee
1806
Hodder & Stoughton2013
The sugar trade, vital to British interests, is threatened. Kydd must respond.
15Pasha
1807
Hodder & Stoughton2014
Istanbul and the Dardanelles are the setting for conflict and intrigues. Kydd’s 'particular friend' Renzi is right at the heart of things.
16Tyger
1807
Hodder & Stoughton2015
Kydd gains command of HMS Tyger at a critical moment in his career.
17Inferno
1807
Hodder & Stoughton2016
The Danish fleet is the focus of British and French attention; with Napoleon's forces rapidly approaching Copenhagen diplomacy is vital.
18Persephone
1807
Hodder & Stoughton2017
Kydd, now a celebrated hero, takes HMS Tyger to Lisbon and meets his old flame Persephone Lockwood.
19The Baltic Prize
1808
Hodder & Stoughton2017
At short notice Tyger is called to join a newly assembled fleet and sent to the Baltic and the only remaining continental ally to Great Britain, the kingdom of Sweden. Kydd finds he is to serve under Sir James Saumarez, a Vice-Admiral whom he has encountered before.
20The Iberian Flame
1808
Hodder & Stoughton2018
The Iberian peninsula is in ferment and Bonaparte seeks to carve up Portugal and install his brother Joseph as King of Spain. Renzi is sent to incite opposition to France's intentions in Spain. Kydd becomes embroiled in support of the British expeditionary force in northwestern Spain.
21A Sea of Gold
1809
Hodder & Stoughton2018
Back in London after Corunna, Kydd is again the hero. Soon, thrust into the forefront of the action at the insistence of Lord Thomas Cochrane, the Basque Roads are the scene of his next encounter with the French. In addition financial ruin beckons.
22To the Eastern Seas
1810
Hodder & Stoughton2019
The Dutch East Indies and their spice trade attract France and Britain. Admiral Pellew and his force including Kydd attempt to intervene and colonialist Stamford Raffles persuades Kydd to aim at the Moluccas rather than take a more steady approach.
23Balkan Glory
1811
Hodder & Stoughton2020
Now in the Adriatic, Kydd has even caught the attention of Bonaparte himself. Kydd and his small fleet are to harass the enemy in this region of ocean whilst Renzi is to stop Dubourdieu. The route to India is the prize.
24Thunderer
1812
Hodder & Stoughton2021
An invasion fleet is being mustered across the channel from Britain, Kydd must investigate; but he now has a ship of the line the 74 gun "Thunderer". Is this the invasion long feared or is it targeted elsewhere?
25Yankee Mission
1812
Hodder & Stoughton2022
The US navy are beginning to fall on frigates of the Royal Navy, so who should the admiralty send to deal with the threat other than their highly successful and much decorated Sir Thomas Kidd and with a crack frigate at his command.
26Sea of TreasonHodder & Stoughtonforthcoming Oct 2023

Other historical fiction

Non-fiction works

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Stockwin, Julian. "Stockwin's official biography". julianstockwin.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  2. Blake (agent), Carole. "Agent's page". blakefriedmann. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  3. "Page 1 | Supplement 51171, 30 December 1987 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
  4. "Julian Stockwin". Historic Naval Fiction. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

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