343 Comments on “Live the Adventure!”

1. Hi,

   Reading all the Kidd book and really enjoying them. Just read Pasha and left book with L’Auror sailing into the sunset. Next book Persephone they are sailing in Tyger! What happened to L’Auror? At the end of book Kidd marries Persephone, next book Inferno I am 7% of the way in and he doesn’t appear to be married. I am reading books in order that Amazon suggests so what has happened. Is the order suggested not correct? Thanks in advance series us really good.

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   • Delighted you’re enjoying the series, Bernie. The order from PASHA is TYGER, INFERNO, PERSEPHONE, THE BALTIC PRIZE, THE IBERIAN FLAME and A SEA OF GOLD (TO THE EASTERN SEAS comes out in Oct.)

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     • One day when you send an email or something… could you give us the full list, in order, from the start.

       I sorta wish they had numbers on them! Ha. Who would know you’d write so many in the series, right??

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       • here you go…
         1. KYDD
         2. ARTEMIS
         3. SEAFLOWER
         4. MUTINY
         5. QUARTERDECK
         6. TENACIOUS
         7. COMMAND
         8. THE ADMIRAL’S DAUGHTER
         9. TREACHERY (US TITLE: THE PRIVATEER’S REVENGE0
         10. INVASION
         11. VICTORY
         12. CONQUEST
         13. BETRAYAL
         14. CARIBBEE
         15. PASHA
         16. TYGER
         17. INFERNO
         18. PERSEPHONE
         19. THE BALTIC PRIZE
         20. THE IBERIAN FLAME
         21. A SEA OF GOLD
         22. TO THE EASTERN SEAS (Oct. 2019)
         https://julianstockwin.com/welcome-front-page/books-published/ – you can download the list

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2. Love the books but miss the covers by the great Geoff Hunt. Is there a chance that he could do the covers for future novels in the series? They cannot be beaten for accuracy and atmosphere.

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   • Fashions change in book covers and while Geoff Hunt did superb covers for the earlier titles I love the new format and we’re receiving very positive feedback

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3. Mr. Stockwin,
   Just discovered your book in the local library. The title is The Iberian Flame. I really liked it! I’ll track down the entire series and read them. I’m a retired U. S. Naval officer and I have made numerous deployments to the Mediterranean.
   I really appreciate the glossary in the back of the book as it allowed me to understand the terminology of the times on which the book is based.
   Just one critique – the illustration of the Med preceding the start of the novel is mis-labeled! The Mediterranean Sea is located east of the straits of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean is located west of the straits of Gibraltar. Mayhap your illustrator and the proofreader should give serious consideration to attending a geography refresher course.
   Personally, I don’t the French have changed much from those described in your book. I never enjoyed liberty of the French ports-of-call. It seemed to be “Give us your money and leave my country. We don’t like you.”
   My standing toast to the French, if ever I need one – “Here’s to the French. We know you will always be there when you need us!”

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   • Welcome, Sully!

     Just wait until you read Kydd #1! Just drinking at a tavern, and, whoosh! I was mesmerized as Julian S. took us into the Royal Navy at the bottom of the bottom. I gave my dad a copy and Dad said he could taste the salt…Kydd’s hurricane reminded him of Typhoon Cobra in 1944, only worse.

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   • Unfortunately that map error was not spotted until after publication but it will be corrected on subsequent printings. A literary gremlin…

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4. Hello. Our library in Austin, Texas, is quite proactive. When I told them that the Kydd books are every bit as good as Patrick O’Brian’s, they agreed to fill out the series. They’ve gotten every one now with two exceptions—Kydd (#1) and Victory (#11). Do you know of a source for these that I can pass on to the library? Thanks. A big fan.

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   • That’s great to hear, Craig! I’m in the process of changing my American publisher so there may be a slight delay in availability of those titles but I will try to find a source for them. Please pass on my regards to your library and should they ever want to do a small display I’m always happy to send some promotional material. They should email me julian@julianstockwin.com for details.

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5. Rereading your
   Kydd series
   Dont know how you
   know so much
   about polite conversation and topics which were on
   peoples lips in that era
   I’m 73 and LOVE
   letting myself be
   taken aboard the
   fabulous adventures
   with Kydd and his
   loyal friend Renzi
   and shipmates
   Thank you so much

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