Treachery [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Julian Stockwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2009

Thomas Kydd has dragged himself up in the navy from press-ganged seaman to captain of his own ship. Now he faces disgrace.

After losing favour with his superiors, and suffering terrible personal tragedy, Kydd and his ship are sent to guard the Channel Islands from Napoleon’s forces. When he is brutally betrayed off the Normandy Coast and removed from command, only his old friend Renzi is willing to stick by him.

Kydd is determined to clear his name, but soon finds himself fighting yet another battle he seems to have no chance of winning. Can he defeat his enemies on both sides, and win back the glory taken from him?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 458 pages
• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books (July 15, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 0750530839
• ISBN-13: 978-0750530835
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,777,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I wanted to go to sea ever since I can remember. My mother says that as a toddler I went up to sailors on the street, and on one occasion dragged home a dead seabird because it smelled of the sea! I was entranced when my great uncle Tom Clay, a seaman in square-rigged ships who had sailed around the Horn in the "Cutty Sark", took me over this ship. As a young boy I read everything about the sea and I was especially terrified by a description of a great storm, but longed to go to sea to experience one.
I won a scholarship to a grammar school, but my mind was captivated by seeing low grey shapes far out to sea, outward bound to who knew where. I passed this sight every day on my way to school; my scholastic performance suffered!
In the hope of having the nonsense knocked out of me, my father sent me to a tough sea-training school. This only strengthened my resolve for a life at sea and at fifteen I joined the Royal Navy.
After leaving the Navy (rated Petty Officer) I practised as an educational psychologist. I worked for some time in Hong Kong, where I was commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve.
I now live in Devon with my wife and literary partner, Kathy - and two Siamese cats.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars great read, April 25, 2011

By 

Havelock "havelock" - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Treachery (Thomas Kydd 9) (Kindle Edition)

It's not that it's a great book, it's just average within the series, which still places it above other alternative books.

Stockwin has made his bed, and yes the language and characters become a bit thick and predictable, but it's a fantastic series to read. I've read all the kindle editions, made for a fun month of reading.