SEAFLOWER.**
by STOCKWIN**, JULIAN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./Minus dw/dj.
- ISBN 10
- 0340794771
- ISBN 13
- 9780340794777
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and minus it's issued dw/dj.Dark blue, minimally blemished cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.Top+fore-edges slightly toned but clean and foxing-free; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,1-344pp (paginated],16 chapters and author's note to rear.
Seaflower follows the acclaimed Kydd and Artemis in telling the magnificent tale of one man's journey from pressed man to Admiral in the Great Age of Sail.
It is nearly two years since Thomas Paine Kydd was spirited away in the night to serve his country aboard the old line-of-battle ship Duke William. Now,together with his high-born friend Nicholas Renzi and other members of the ill-fated Artemis,Tom is a shipwrecked sailor back in the land of his birth.But far from being able to return to loved ones,they find themselves virtual prisoners,waiting to be summoned as court martial witnesses.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.
Kydd overcomes his resentment at being turned over,and continues to grow as a prime seaman.A spell ashore at the dockyard in Antigua shows him another side of the Royal Navy,the complexities of maintaining Britain's fighting ships around the world.There Kydd also has to deal with a number of personal challenges and in so doing earns the ire of the feared master shipwright.Summarily dismissed from the dockyard, Kydd faces an unknown future.
Renzi contrives to reunite the old crew of Artemis in Seaflower,a graceful and trim little topsail cutter that Kydd fell in love with the first time he saw her.At first the plucky craft brings them luck and fortune but she is eventually overwhelmed by the raw forces of the sea - and Kydd finds his seamanship,tenacity and courage put to the ultimate test.
Based on dramatic real events and is classic storytelling at its very best - fast-paced and filled with exceptional characters and thrilling action.Third novel in the series,uncommon and the scarcest of the so far published (then 2003) titles. Want more Julian STOCKWIN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja662717
- Title
- SEAFLOWER.**
- Author
- STOCKWIN**, JULIAN:
- Format/Binding
- UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- Minus dw/dj.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340794771
- ISBN 13
- 9780340794777
- Publisher
- LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 0340794771.
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0340794771.19thC_British naval fiction.Modern fiction.KYDD.ARTEMIS.Books new,used,signed,rare.
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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PLYMOUTH., Devon
About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
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