
Admiral
Thomas Kydd, Book 27
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Narrated by:
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John Telfer
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By:
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Julian Stockwin
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April 1814. Napoleon is deposed and exiled after defeat by a resurgent allied collation. Saddled with huge war debts, the British government has no choice but to place many of its naval ships in reserve.
Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is one of the lucky officers not to be put on half pay. Instead, in the realisation of his life's ambition, he is offered an admiral's flag, but the station is West Africa and with it comes anti-slavery operations set in fever-ridden swamps. Despite the obvious dangers and hardships, Kydd readies for sea with his beloved Thunderer as his flagship.
But before he can set sail comes the electrifying news - the tyrant has escaped from Elba and is marching on Paris, the citizens flocking to join him.
Napoleon's invasion fleet is still in being and if the French navy declares for him they can sail from the ports now free of blockade and make the invasion of England a reality. What's more, the entire Channel Fleet has been stood down, its ships in various stages of repair.
There's one man in active service who happens to be on the spot - Admiral Sir Thomas Kydd. With frantic haste he's appointed temporary commander-in-chief to sail with all the men-o'-war that can be scraped together to stand athwart the French.
Waterloo is coming but before then Kydd must use all his legendary subterfuge and daring to save England from her peril.
Admiral is the twenty seventh and last of the adventures of Captain Sir Thomas Kydd whose story began in the year 1793 and tells for the first time in fiction how a pressed man through his bravery and ingenuity progresses to the quarterdeck of his own ship, and here, in the final book of the series, the command of a fleet with an admiral's pennant.
The end of an era.
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What a Great Tale
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A tired Thomas Kydd
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A fitting end to a great series
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For all that they remain engaging but of a different character to the earliest stories.
All the threads are brought together well.
It is a great shame that Christian Rhodska did not get to voice this final novel.
Punchy Series End
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A fitting end!
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written and read so well it's very visual as all of the Thomas Kydd books have been. Sadly Christian Rodska passed away before being able to narrate this final book, however John Telfer made a good job of it .
look forward to Julian Stockwins next ventures at sea
A Grand Finale of the Kydd series
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A wonderful finale to a dynasty
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Admiral was a real history lesson for me because, hitherto, I had read little of Napoleon after Waterloo. I was surprised at the reference to ‘millions of soldiers’ and near the end, ‘hundreds of thousands of soldiers’ - I need to check those figures.
Julian Stockwin is up there with Forrester and O’Brian for nautical yarns and I thought he faded Kydd very smoothly into retirement.
I look forward to Harry Wild, though his name might automatically conjure up the female detective series of that same name until he becomes established in his own right.
I like to imagine Kydd having a convivial supper with Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey as they reminisce about their adventures in the British Royal Navy.
End of a long and remarkable voyage
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It is not as exciting as other books, it felt rushed at times but all in all, I enjoyed it
a good end, glad to see it over now.
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