Inferno / Julian Stockwin.
Material type: TextSeries: Kydd sea adventures ; 17Publisher: London, England : Hodder & Stoughton, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xiv, 400 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781444785494
- 1444785494
- Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
- 1789-1815
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction
- Ship captains -- Fiction
- Naval battles -- Fiction
- Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character)
- Naval battles
- Ship captains
- FICTION / Historical
- Europe -- History -- 1789-1815 -- Fiction
- Europe
- 823.92 23
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Fiction | Fiction | FIC Stock (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 11/07/2024 | 88472 |
1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's famous sea action aboard Tyger has snatched his reputation from ignominy. He is the hero of the hour. But though Britain's Navy remains imperious, a succession of battles has seen Napoleon victorious on mainland Europe. In an attempt to prevent the French from taking control of Denmark's navy, Kydd's great friend Nicholas Renzi - now Lord Farndon - is sent on a desperate diplomatic mission to persuade the Danes to give up their fleet to Britain. But the Danes are caught between two implacable forces and will not yield, opting instead for the inferno of battle ...
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