Julian Stockwin joined the Royal Navy when he was fourteen and went on to serve for eight years with the Royal Australian Navy, seeing active service with a carrier task force. He was one of the survivors of the collision between the aircraft carrier Melbourne and the destroyer Voyager, which sank taking the lives of eighty-two men. Julian retired a Lieutenant Commander and now lives in Devon with his wife Kathy, writing and travelling the world on location research.
He is writing a series of books about Thomas Kydd and his friend Nicholas Renzi. It starts in 1793 when Kydd, a wigmaker from Guilford, has been taken by a press gang.
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Thomas Kydd | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| 1793 | Kydd | As a newly pressed landsman Kydd serves aboard HMS Duke William |
| 1794 | Artemis | Kydd travels to China and across the Pacific aboard Artemis rising to become acting Quartermaster |
| Seaflower | Kydd is sent to the Caribbean where he is eventually promoted to masters mate | |
| 1797 | Mutiny | Kydd is involved in the Nore mutiny and the Battle of Camperdown following which he is promoted to Lieutenant |
| 1798 | Quarterdeck | Kydd is a junior Lieutenant aboard Tenacious serving in Canada and becoming involved in the formation of the United States Navy |
| 1798 | Tenacious | Kydd takes part in the Battle of the Nile |
| Command | Kydd is promoted to Commander of Teazer serving in Malta | |
| 1803 | The Admiral's Daughter | Kydd, back in command of Teazer as war breaks out again, shows interest in the Admiral's daughter. |
| A Privateer's Revenge (aka Treachery) |
Kydd must leave the Navy in disgrace, but he is offered the command of a privateer. | |
| Invasion | Restored to duty Kydd becomes involved with inventor Robert Fulton | |
| 1805 | Victory | Kydd is present at the Battle of Trafalgar |
| 1806 | Conquest | Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town |
| 1806 | Betrayal | Kydd joins Commodore Popham's attack on Buenos Aires. |
| Caribbee | Kydd faces a threat as the French imperil Britain's vital sugar trade. | |
| Pasha | Kydd is sent to the Dardanelles | |
| Tyger | Kydd is given a commission that some hope will destroy his career | |
| 1807 | Inferno | Kydd is at the Battle of Copenhagen |
| 1807 | Persephone | Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family |
| 1808 | The Baltic Prize | Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden |
| 1808 | The Iberian Flame | Kydd will soon face the greatest decision of his professional career |
| 1809 | A Sea of Gold | The French fleet is massing in the Basque Roads in a near impregnatable position |
| To the Eastern Seas | Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies | |
| 1811 | Balkan Glory | Kydd leads a squadron of frigates to the Adriatic. |
| 1812 | Thunderer | Kydd is sent to reinforce the Baltic squadron |
| 1812 | Yankee Mission | Kydd is given a mission: engage the US in a fair fight, frigate against frigate |
| Sea of Treason | Thunderer is sent to the remote station of Bermuda | |
| 1814 | Admiral | There's one man in active service who happens to be on the spot - Admiral Sir Thomas Kydd |
| Omnibus editions | ||
| The Kydd Collection 1 | Kydd, Artemis, Seaflower | |
| The Kydd Collection 2 | Mutiny, Quarterdeck, Tenacious | |
| The Kydd Collection 3 | Command, The Admiral's Daughter, Treachery | |
| The Kydd Collection 4 | Invasion, Victory, Conquest | |
| The Kydd Collection 5 | Betrayal, Caribbee, Pasha | |
Non-Fiction
AOS Other Non Fiction |
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| Series: n/a | ||
| Year | Book | Comment |
| Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany | A Ditty Bag of Wonders from the Golden Age of Sail | |
The author’s official web site is julianstockwin.com