Tag: nautical fiction
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Review: Julian Stockwin’s ‘Conquest’ takes the reader to colonial Africa
Julian Stockwin’s ‘Conquest’, another in the Thomas Kydd series, takes on Great Britain’s role in the struggle by European countries to control Africa. Dramatic retellings of the struggle between Great Britain and France under Napoleon often end with Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar, as if everything naval in the Napoleonic Wars that happened after the great…
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Review: Julian Stockwin’s ‘Victory’ compares well to Patrick O’Brian
Julian Stockwin’s “Victory” offers an engaging introduction to Thomas Kydd’s adventures, though the hero lacks presence during key battle scenes.