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The Baltic Prize

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The Baltic Prize

Yazan: Julian Stockwin
Seslendiren: Christian Rodska
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The nineteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition must defend Britain's dearly-won freedom in the those waters.

However Kydd finds his popular fame as a frigate captain is a poisoned chalice; in the face of jealousy and envy from his fellow captains, the distrust of the commander-in-chief and the betrayal of friendship by a former brother-in-arms now made his subordinate, can he redeem his reputation?

In an entirely hostile sea Tyger ranges from the frozen north to the deadly confines of the Danish Sound - and plays a pivotal role in the situation ensuing after the czar's sudden attack on Finland. This climaxes in the first clash of fleets between Great Britain and Russia in history. To the victor will be the prize of the Baltic!

(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2017 Julian Stockwin Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Kurgu Sea Adventures Rusya Savaş
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Praise for THE BALTIC PRIZE:-
As always with Stockwin's stories, the characters are engaging, the story is full of exciting action, and much of the story is real, based on historical research. You learn about history as you enjoy a rousing tale. And as with every Kydd tale, I couldn't put the book down once I started reading. In my book, number nineteen The Baltic Prize is another winner!
The book on a whole is very enjoyable but for me, the best parts were those that took place at sea and aboard the Tyger (Kydd's ship). Stockwin himself was in the British Navy and his wealth of knowledge shows through in the naval scenes, settings and action (ship on ship battles are extremely cool) giving them all a sense and feeling of authenticity as he brings them to life on the pages.
Praise for the Thomas Kydd series:-
Fans of fast-paced adventure will get their fill with this book.
Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line.
More historically accurate than the Patrick O'Brian series
This heady adventure blends fact and fiction in rich, authoritative detail
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more adventures at sea with Thomas Kydd and his crews, difficult decisions/risks for him to make and 'watching' younger seaman grow with confidence under his wing

another great adventure

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After a few books that have been a bit stop-start with prolobgued periods of inaction (partly dictated by the relativley short time periods in each book and what was actually happening in the war at the time) we're back to a book that almost all takes place on or near a hostile sea, with a decent pace kept up throughout!

One of the better ones!

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Fast moving story . well narrated. Christian R is a star. keep up the good work.

good solid story

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Having read a real mix of books recently it was wonderful to get the sea breeze of Christian Rodska’s narration in my face as he delivers another excellent tale of adventure featuring the daring Captain Kydd! The last couple of books in this otherwise fabulous series haven’t been my favourites but this one is right bang in form. Lots of action, lots of intrigue and lots of Kydd himself doing what he does best.

This was a hugely dangerous time for England, another case of the many owing much to the few. So much stood on a knife edge and Stockwin re-creates the tension in fine style. It comes across as a series of mini adventures for Kydd and his crew with land action, sea action, chases and Kydd using that head piece of his to solve complex issues. Of course there is an element of unreality that so much can happen to one man but using it Stockwin gives us some of the classic moments from what was a crazy time in history. Major events were often decided by fantastic bravery, dedication and heroism but at least as often it was blind chance, subterfuge and sadly outright stupidity. We get all of this in one book set in the cold grey tracts of the Baltic Sea.

So, if you’ve loved the Kydd adventures of the past you’ll probably love this one even if Kydd does travel without his greatest friend and confidant. For me I will happily raise a glass to the next nineteen books!

This Book is the Prize!

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All the bits with Kydd in are great but there was a couple of chapters in the middle that drone on a bit and if you had skipped them they would have made no difference to the story but do infact spoil it a little.

Not Bad but Not the Best

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