Yankee Mission: Thomas Kydd 25 - 9781473699175
Mobius
ISBN13:
9781473699175
$15.61
1812. Off the coast of Brazil, HMS Java, a proud British 38-gun frigate, is captured in battle by the American USS Constitution - signaling across the world's oceans a challenge to Britain's naval premiership that cannot be ignored. Back in England Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is enjoying a moment of normal life with his wife and his newborn son. With his Thunderer in dock receiving some well-earned repairs he is, momentarily, without a command. It's a position the Admiralty does not leave him in for long, and he is soon given a mission: engage the young republic in a fair fight, frigate against frigate, and restore the Navy's reputation. And they have just the ship and crew for him . . . Tyger. But on reaching the US east coast, Kydd and his trusted Tygers realizes that the hardest part of their mission will be drawing out one of the Yankee men-o'-war to engage in battle - especially once the Americans get wind of his purpose. It's a tall order, requiring every ounce of the crew's guile and persistence - and when fortune turns against them, Kydd finds not only his career, but his life, hanging in the balance.
- | Author: Julian Stockwin
- | Publisher: Mobius
- | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 432 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1473699177
- | ISBN-13: 9781473699175
- Author:
- Julian Stockwin
- Publisher:
- Mobius
- Publication Date:
- Jul 11, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 432 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1473699177
- ISBN-13:
- 9781473699175