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    Seaflower
    Seaflower
    Seaflower
    Audiobook10 hours

    Seaflower

    Written by Julian Stockwin

    Narrated by Christian Rodska

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    About this audiobook

    It is two years since Thomas Kydd was spirited away in the night aboard the old ship Duke William. Now, he and the other members of the ill-fated Artemis are shipwrecked sailors, back in London to be summoned as court martial witnesses. Then, in a political act to shield an officer's reputation, they are shipped out in haste to the Caribbean - where sugar is king and yellow jack a fearsome peril.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateFeb 5, 2015
    ISBN9781471293399
    Seaflower
    Author

    Julian Stockwin

    Julian Stockwin is the internationally bestselling author of Kydd, Artemis, Seaflower, and Mutiny, the first four novels in the Kydd adventure series. Having joined the Royal Navy at age fifteen, he retired from the Royal Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander and was awarded the Member of the British Empire (MBE). He and his wife live in Devon, England. Visit the author's website at JulianStockwin.com.

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    • 5/5
      There is no other way to say it: this series is devouring of all that happens around the listener. We sail with our heroes; we laugh and cry and agonize. The performance is a mastery of vocal wonder. Now on to the next book!
    • 4/5
      Good story, outstanding insights into the art and skills of maintaining and sailing wooden warships.
    • 4/5
      In “Seaflower”, Julian Stockwin’s third novel featuring the 19th century nautical adventures of Thomas Kydd, Mr. Stockwin changes course from epic adventure to a series of smaller escapades. Each of these yarns involve placing Kydd within differing -sometimes out of the comfort zone- albeit apropos locations and for a 19th century mariner. Mr. Stockwin does well with the changes of scenery and the descriptions of life in the Caribbean during that time period. However, some of the gleam was lost and this novel does not rate as well as Mr. Stockwin’s previous two. Yet that does not mean this novel wasn’t filled with seafaring action and adventure, it’s just the book felt more like ballast that actual cargo.