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| Victory (Thomas Kydd 11) |  | Author: Julian Stockwin
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Rating:  37 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0340961198
EAN: 9780340961193
Publication Date: June 24, 2010
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Commander Tom Kydd joins Nelson's fleet for the greatest sea encounter in history: the Battle of Trafalgar.
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Back on form with a broadside! August 24, 2010
N. Green
In the last few weeks I've raced through the whole set of Kydd. Victory is up there with the best.
The last couple of installments have focused on lesser actions and perhaps it is possible that Teazer could have been cut short a book earlier, but with Victory, be ready! From the first chapter, you are swept along a torrent of action.
There are particular chapters which left me in utter delight. Kydd's meeting with Nelson, the fantastic story woven in to describe Victory (if you haven't been to Portsmouth - go!), the viewpoint of Trafalgar itself which answers anyone who suggests 'been done too much already', the cat and mouse chase with Villeneuve and the insight to what life at the top of Government must have been like at a point when England itself was on the verge of falling.
Stockwin has actually encapsulated so much of the fear and courage of the time. A fantastic read which will put a big smile on your face!
True Emotion in a a Hardback August 12, 2010
R. J. Carter (UK)
I have to be up front im a fan of Kydd and Julian Stockwin, I have all the books, so you would expect a good review and glowing praise.
But even with that I was surprised by this book, every time Kydd has an outing im surprised by the direction of the plot and the Interaction between Renzi and Kydd, the beautiful flow of the language between all of the characters and the natural way that they all fit together So brilliantly into a finely woven tapestry.
But this time....i have to say I was stunned by the depth of feeling crammed into the book, it captured such an epic time in history, the fear, the excitement the horror, the disappointments and finally the national sorrow, I had tears in my eyes by the end of the book.
Bravo Mr Stockwin...how the hell you are going to top this one is beyond me.
 Not enough Kydd August 8, 2010
Avid
I have been a real fan of Julian Stockwin's Thomas Kydd from the beginning. All of his previous tales have gripped me from beginning to end, so I was really looking forward to his adventures with Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar. It is of course difficult to include a fictional character and ship into such a well documented historical fact and I think the author's approach of seeing the battle through the eyes of Midshipman Bowden was a good way round the problem. However, for me there was just not enough Kydd in the action.
Trafalgar August 2, 2010
k robbins
It takes a brave author to put his fictional hero alongside a real one in Horatio Nelson. This is what Julian Stockwin has done in Trafalgar. Wisely though he is in a frigate and not involved in the actual battle. The action scenes are realistically described and although we know the eventual outcome it does not spoil the story. If anyone has not met Thomas Kydd before I can recommend his adventures to you especially in this book.
 Julian Stockwin`s Victory July 28, 2010
Duncan Anderson
Victory, the latest episode in the Kydd saga, is a real page turner, which gives a wonderful insight into the plight our country found itself in at the start of the seventeenth century.The epic chase across the Atlantic and back in the days before modern communications is a frustrating prelude to the battle itself, with harrowing descriptions of the fighting and carnage.The sub-plot of Renzie`s personal struggle continues and the reader is left wanting the next episode. Exciting and thoroughly enjoyable.
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