2026 Reading Challenge

Thomas Kydd Series

27 primary works • 32 total works
Previously named Kydd Sea Adventures.

This series of novels about the Royal Navy tells the story of young Kydd, who is pressed into service on a British ship in 1793.

Book 1

Kydd
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3.94 · 2677 Ratings · 182 Reviews · published 2001 · 48 editions
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    Book 2

    Artemis
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    4.09     · 1578 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 2002 · 37 editions
    With Kydd, Julian Stockwin introduced us to a youn…

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    Book 3

    Seaflower
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    4.17     · 1306 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2003 · 11 editions
    The young seafaring hero Thomas Paine Kydd is back…

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    Book 4

    Mutiny
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    4.04     · 1170 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2000 · 28 editions
    One of history's most notorious naval insurrection…

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    Book 5

    Quarterdeck
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    4.22     · 1408 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2006 · 29 editions
    Thomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at t…

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    Book 6

    Tenacious
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    4.28     · 1172 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2005 · 9 editions
    This book finds Thomas Kydd aboard Tenacious, part…

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    Book 7

    Command
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    4.18     · 1018 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2006 · 9 editions
    In this seventh book of the series, Thomas Kydd is…

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    Book 8

    The Admiral's Daughter
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    4.00     · 981 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    In the 8th volume in the popular high-seas nautica…

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    Book 9

    The Privateer's Revenge
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    4.18     · 920 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions
    Following the loss of his fiancée, Lieutenant Thom…

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    Book 10

    Invasion
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    4.02     · 880 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 2009 · 8 editions
    In the 10th book of the popular series, rumors fly…

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    Book 11

    Victory
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    4.29     · 895 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 2010 · 10 editions
    In the 11th book of this popular series, Napoleon …

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    Book 12

    Conquest
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    4.21     · 837 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2011 · 24 editions
    Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar removed the spe…

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    Book 13

    Betrayal
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    4.01     · 769 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2012 · 19 editions
    Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for T…

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    Book 14

    Caribbee
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    4.27     · 722 Ratings · 38 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    As the captain of a useful frigate, Kydd is claime…

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    Book 15

    Pasha
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    4.20     · 694 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2014 · 6 editions
    Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthno…

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    Book 16

    Tyger
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    4.46     · 678 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2015 · 5 editions
    In the 16th volume in the popular high-seas nautic…

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    Book 17

    Inferno
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    4.07     · 635 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions
    Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambitions for world dominatio…

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    Book 18

    Persephone
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    4.16     · 561 Ratings · 32 Reviews · 2 editions
    'PERSEPHONE is another shining milepost for Captai…

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    Book 19

    The Baltic Prize
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    4.24     · 590 Ratings · 28 Reviews · 7 editions
    1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thoma…

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    Book 20

    The Iberian Flame
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    4.28     · 461 Ratings · 24 Reviews · 8 editions

    1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bona…

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    Book 21

    A Sea of Gold
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    4.29     · 493 Ratings · 25 Reviews · 6 editions
    'Tension surges through A Sea of Gold . . . In thi…

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    Book 22

    To the Eastern Seas
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    4.23     · 503 Ratings · 23 Reviews · 7 editions
    With Bonaparte held to a stalemate in Europe, the …

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    Book 23

    Balkan Glory
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    4.45     · 529 Ratings · 16 Reviews · 6 editions
    'Balkan Glory is an epic chapter in the splendid K…

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    Book 24

    Thunderer
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    4.43     · 570 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 8 editions
    'Stockwin creates a knotty narrative, writing with…

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    Book 25

    Yankee Mission
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    4.31     · 538 Ratings · 27 Reviews · 5 editions
    'Yankee Mission is a jewel in Julian Stockwin's cr…

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    Book 26

    Sea of Treason
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    4.19     · 419 Ratings · 19 Reviews · 5 editions
    Following his recovery after a savage wounding in …

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    Book 27

    Admiral
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    4.34     · 340 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 5 editions
    April 1814. Napoleon is deposed and exiled after d…

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    Book 1-3

    The Kydd Collection 1:
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    4.41     · 91 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 3 editions
    The Thomas Kydd novels are the story of one man's …

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    Book 4-6

    The Kydd Collection 2:
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    4.48     · 89 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 2 editions
    The Thomas Kydd novels are the story of one man's …

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    Book 7-9

    The Kydd Collection 3
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    4.52     · 73 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    The Thomas Kydd novels are the story of one man's …

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    Book 10-12

    The Kydd Collection 4
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    4.44     · 81 Ratings · published 2014 · 2 editions
    The Thomas Kydd novels are the story of one man's …

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    Book 13-15

    The Kydd Collection 5
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    4.47     · 73 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
    A bundle of three Thomas Kydd novels - the story o…

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