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Category: Alexander KentBy Peter on Apr 27, 2009 in Alexander Kent, Excellent book, Historical Fiction, Julian Stockwin, book review | 0 Comments
Most of the historical fiction series about the Age of Sails have a book where the hero deals with mutiny. Horatio Hornblower, Alan Lewrie, Jack Aubrey and Richard Bolitho have all had to deal with this problem. And here, in Mutiny, Julian Stockwin places Thomas Kydd in this setting as well!
The Thomas Kydd series
Kydd [...]
By Peter on Apr 16, 2009 in About authors, Alexander Kent, Historical Fiction, The World of Books, bestseller | 0 Comments
There is simply, to me, nothing like great naval fiction to sit down with and have a truly wonderful and enjoyable reading time. The sea story is one of the most enduring and enjoyable staples in popular literature. Tales of stout men under sail, with blasting cannon hurling iron across the water at one another, [...]
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