Pasha

by Julian Stockwin

Overview

Another exciting volume in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring the dashing and debonair naval commander Thomas Kydd
 
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 senses. Braving treacherous currents, unreliable winds, and giant bombards, Thomas Kydd returns to sea and rescues the ambassador, but as Kydd waits for the rest of the expected fleet, the French are able to strengthen the Turkish defenses. Meanwhile Kydd’s friend and confidential secretary, Nicholas Renzi, has assumed a new and dangerous role that he can never make public. He engineers a coup in the Topkapi Palace that turns the tables on the French but at the cost of both infidel nations being ejected from the Ottoman Empire. When Kydd learns of Renzi’s incarceration in a Turkish prison, he knows if will take superb seamanship and sheer bravado to free his friend.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590136874
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2015
Series:	Kydd Series , #15
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	631,272
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

About the Author Julian Stockwin was sent at the age of fourteen to TS Indefatigable, a tough sea-training school. He joined the Royal Navy at fifteen before transferring to the Royal Australian Navy, where he served for eight years in the Far East, Antarctic waters and the South Seas. He was awarded the MBE and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He now lives in Devon with his wife Kathy. More information can be found on his website at www.JulianStockwin.com.

Editorial Reviews

Elegantly plotted. .. the writing has the power of a broadside at close range.

Oxford Times

Written with authoritative detail by a gifted storyteller who is passionate about the Great Age of Sail.

Western Morning News

Well-written mixture of high-seas adventure and character-based drama. .. impossible not to enjoy.

Booklist

The vantage point of the common sailor gives the nautical novel a fresh twist. In Stockwin’s hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world.

The Guardian

Stockwin continues to display his talents in transporting his audience from the 21st century to the chaotic worlds of Kydd, Renzi, and their imperiled homeland.. .. [He] goes into action with swords drawn and cannons and carronades blasting.

Historical Novels Review Online

Stockwin's descriptions of the bloody reality of naval combat 200 years ago are memorably vivid, and reveal a profound respect for the seamen who were willing to sacrifice their lives to help save their country.

Yorkshire Evening Post

Stockwin's writing is enriched by his own experiences in the Royal Navy, which gives scenes of fighting and tempest an authenticity to delight anyone who shares his passion for the sea.

Daily Telegraph

A rousingly exciting and delicious full-immersion in the perils of seafaring and society during the great Age of Sail!

Dewey Lambdin

Stockwin deftly recreates time and place so readers become immersed in the intrigue and adventure that unfolds. .. Stalwart fans of Stockwyn and the Kydd series will find this an engrossing tale rife with unusual encounters and noteworthy action.

Pirates and Privateers

High-seas adventure, ocean battles, bloody melees, and general villainy . . . Stockwin, who based this tale on a factual debacle overlooked by history, is a master of Napoleonic-era atmosphere and rich descriptions of the military, politics, and society. With the last two books, Stockwin’s series is approaching the level of C. S. Forester’s Hornblower books.”  —Publishers Weekly

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