Julian Stockwin

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2001
  • Latest Book:
    November 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: 33 titles

  • Kydd

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 1

    From internationally bestselling author Julian Stockwell comes a dramatic story closely based on real events following one man’s journey as he becomes a true sailor and defender of Britain.Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is un...

  • Artemis

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 2

    With Kydd, Julian Stockwin introduced us to a young wig-maker from Guildford who was kidnapped and pressed into duty with the tempestuous crew of the Duke William battle ship. Now, Thomas Paine Kydd is back -- with a vengeance -- in the latest instal...

  • Seaflower

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 3

    Internationally bestselling author Julian Stockwin's seafaring hero, young Thomas Kydd, comes of age in this epic naval adventure set in the Great Age of Sail.Writing in the sweeping tradition of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, acclaimed author J...

  • Mutiny

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 4

    In the grand tradition of Patrick O'Brian, this new installment in Julian Stockwin's epic Napoleonic-era naval adventure series re-creates one of history's most notorious naval insurrections.With all the wind-whipped passion and salty authenticity th...

  • Quarterdeck

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 5

    Promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797, Thomas Kydd must now 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 man who ...

  • Tenacious

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 6

    Thomas Paine Kydd is in Halifax enjoying the recognition and favour of his fellow officers when Tenacious is summoned to join Horatio Nelson's task force on an urgent reconnaissance mission. Intelligence suggests the French Revolution is about to set...

  • Command

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 7

    In the 7th volume in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series, Thomas Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer, and he must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French, who are frantically ...

  • The Admiral's Daughter

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 8

    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 ...

  • 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

    "Julian Stockwin, a master of the historic novel, writes with a zeal, re-creating ancient times, with fast-paced prose, vivid characters, and matchless authenticity." - QUARTERDECK MAGAZINERome 549 AD. Forced to flee the city, merchant Nicander and l...

  • The Powder of Death

    Moments of History - 2

    "Powder smoke and the stench of brimstone waft off the pages." - QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE1261. 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...

  • 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

    'PERSEPHONE is another shining milepost for Captain Thomas Kydd and his creator, Julian Stockwin' - QuarterdeckNovember 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family's evacuation in the face of Napoleon's ruthle...

  • 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's g...

  • The Iberian Flame

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 20

    'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Joseph, on the throne of Spain. Meanwhi...

  • A Sea of Gold

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 21

    'Tension surges through A Sea of Gold . . . In this rousing yarn, Stockwin again raises naval fiction to a new level' - Quarterdeck'Stockwin has surpassed himself with A Sea of Gold . . . a fine, filly favoured vintage yarn' - Warships1809. After his...

  • To the Eastern Seas

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 22

    'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - GuardianWith Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the race to empire is now resumed. Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies, wh...

  • Balkan Glory

    A Kydd Sea Adventure - 23

    'Balkan Glory is an epic chapter in the splendid Kydd canon, weaving knotty political gambits with stirring naval actions, expressively re-creating the often harsh reality Jack Tars witnessed within their wooden walls during the Napoleonic Wars' - Qu...

  • 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

    'Yankee Mission is a jewel in Julian Stockwin's crown as a master in naval fiction, with a ship-to-ship fight so vivid that the battle's sounds and scents fly off the pages like lethal wooden splinters' - Quarterdeck1812. Off the coast of Brazil, HMS...

  • Treachery

    In this 9th installment of the riveting high-seas 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 wh...

  • 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

    Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-l...

  • Kydd 26

  • Admiral

    April 1814. Napoleon is deposed and exiled after defeat by a resurgent allied collation. Saddled with huge war debts, the British government has no choice but to place many of its naval ships in reserve. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is one of the lucky of...

  • Title TBC

    1814Ashore on leave, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd learns of a dismal harvest and general hardship among the population. In Germany, Napoleon Bonaparte is celebrating victories that once again make his name feared throughout Europe. An armistice is signed ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julian Stockwin has published 33 books.

Julian Stockwin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Title TBC, was published in November 2024.

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

Yes. Julian Stockwin has 2 series.
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