Kydd: The Admiral's Daughter (Signed, numbered first edition)

STOCKWIN, Julian

ISBN 10: 0340898593 / ISBN 13: 9780340898598

Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 2007

About this Item

First UK edition, first printing with single 1 on copyright page. Signed by Stockman on title page and numbered 240/500 with a blind embossed stamp seal from the publisher stating " exclusive signed first editions" and a sailing ship in the middle. Also included is a fine Julian Stockman leather bookmark with a dark blue front (unfinished leather on back) and gold lettering. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ - as new. A beautiful book! See my photos -- they are of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. #503.

Seller Inventory # 007518

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kydd: The Admiral's Daughter (Signed, numbered first edition)
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340898593
• ISBN 13: 9780340898598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

In the 8th volume in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series, Thomas Kydd and Nicholas Renzi return to England in 1803 after tumultuous episodes on the other side of the world, only 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 before he is sent on an urgent mission. Smugglers, enemy privateers, and treacherous sea conditions await Kydd on his journey to northern France on the eve of war, but equally worrisome events are occurring ashore. When a growing attachment to the admiral's daughter curbs Kydd's blissful reunion with Teazer, he is forced to make a terrible decision that may cause the end of his friendship with Renzi—or the end of his naval career.

From the Author

This is the first book in the Kydd series set in Home Waters. Ironically, I've found this as wild and exotic a location as any, with spectacle ranging from the iron-bound coast to the incredible complex of the Plymouth naval base and dockyard. Certainly in those pre-factory times it was the wonder of the age, employing so many thousands of men.

No-one in England lives far from the sea and a strong and abiding relationship with Neptune's realm is a national characteristic, but it is perhaps in the West Country, where I set this book , that the maritime heritage is strongest. Since time immemorial, the sea has provided food and transport links between isolated communities, and with hundreds of miles of rocky coastline and winter storms equal to any, it has also been the graveyard of so many ships.

This book was great fun to write, but it also presented some new challenges to me as a writer. I hope you enjoy it!