The much-anticipated eleventh title in the Series, Victory, was launched on June 24.

Hodder & Stoughton editor Anne Clarke says of the book: “Victory is absolutely brilliant. I love the battle scenes (and the fact that the action starts practically from page 1). What an opening chapter! I was completely swept up in the story, the agonizing strategic decisions for Nelson and Kydd, the flights back and forth across the Atlantic, and the eventual clash of the two mighty fleets. It was altogether a joy to read!”

Hazel Orme, consultant copy editor adds: “Every one a winner – but this is surely the best of the Kydd series so far! The Trafalgar scene reads as freshly as though the battle happened yesterday, and Nelson’s death is beautifully, movingly, understated. This is a magnificent yarn, and has left me looking forward eagerly to the next, wherever it takes Kydd and Renzi.”

And where will Kydd venture in the next book? Trafalgar destroys Bonaparte’s invasion plan for England, but in 1805 the war is by no means over. Now Britain is free to begin the race for Empire! Kydd’s journey continues...