Julian Stockwin joined the Royal Navy when he was fourteen and went on to serve for eight years with the Royal Australian Navy, seeing active service with a carrier task force. He was one of the survivors of the collision between the aircraft carrier Melbourne and the destroyer Voyager, which sank taking the lives of eighty-two men. Julian retired a Lieutenant Commander and now lives in Devon with his wife Kathy, writing and travelling the world on location research.
He is writing a series of books about Thomas Kydd and his friend Nicholas Renzi. It starts in 1793 when Kydd, a wigmaker from Guilford, has been taken by a press gang.
Age of Sail: Fiction
AOS Naval Fiction
Series: Thomas Kydd
Kydd : 1793: As a newly pressed landsman Kydd serves aboard HMS Duke William
Artemis : 1794: Kydd travels to China and across the Pacific aboard Artemis rising to become acting Quartermaster
Seaflower : Kydd is sent to the Caribbean where he is eventually promoted to masters mate
Mutiny : 1797: Kydd is involved in the Nore mutiny and the Battle of Camperdown following which he is promoted to Lieutenant
Quarterdeck : 1798: Kydd is a junior Lieutenant aboard Tenacious serving in Canada and becoming involved in the formation of the United States Navy
Tenacious : 1798:Kydd takes part in the Battle of the Nile
Command : Kydd is promoted to Commander of Teazer serving in Malta
The Admiral's Daughter : 1803: Kydd, back in command of Teazer as war breaks out again, shows interest in the Admiral's daughter.
A Privateer's Revenge (aka Treachery) : Kydd must leave the Navy in disgrace, but he is offered the command of a privateer.
Invasion : Restored to duty Kydd becomes involved with inventor Robert Fulton
Victory : 1805: Kydd is present at the Battle of Trafalgar
Conquest : 1806: Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town
Betrayal : 1806: Kydd joins Commodore Popham's attack on Buenos Aires.
Caribbee : Kydd faces a threat as the French imperil Britain's vital sugar trade.
Pasha : Kydd is sent to the Dardanelles
Tyger : Kydd is given a commission that some hope will destroy his career
Inferno : 1807: Kydd is at the Battle of Copenhagen
Persephone : 1807: Kydd must sail to Lisbon to aid the Portuguese Royal Family
The Baltic Prize : 1808: Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden
The Iberian Flame : 1808: Kydd will soon face the greatest decision of his professional career
A Sea of Gold : 1809: The French fleet is massing in the Basque Roads in a near impregnatable position
To the Eastern Seas : Britain's ambitions turn to the Spice Islands, the Dutch East Indies
Balkan Glory : 1811: Kydd leads a squadron of frigates to the Adriatic.
Thunderer : 1812: Kydd is sent to reinforce the Baltic squadron
Yankee Mission : 1812: Kydd is given a mission: engage the US in a fair fight, frigate against frigate
Sea of Treason : Thunderer is sent to the remote station of Bermuda
Admiral : 1814: There's one man in active service who happens to be on the spot - Admiral Sir Thomas Kydd
Omnibus editions
The Kydd Collection 1 : Kydd, Artemis, Seaflower
The Kydd Collection 2 : Mutiny, Quarterdeck, Tenacious
The Kydd Collection 3 : Command, The Admiral's Daughter, Treachery
The Kydd Collection 4 : Invasion, Victory, Conquest
The Kydd Collection 5 : Betrayal, Caribbee, Pasha
Non-Fiction
AOS Other Non-Fiction
The author’s official web site is julianstockwin.com