The Baltic Prize
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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
Customer Reviews
1/3 unreadable
At this point in the series the Renzi storyline is pretty unreadable. It is so disjointed and unrelated to the primary Kydd storyline (it is the Kydd series after all) that I actually end up skipping these chapters entirely and have to consider that in the value proposition.
If you really really enjoy the maturin storyline from later books in that series than it may bother you less, but I didn’t love that and this is considerably more wordy, distracting, and laborious to read than those exploits.
I think this series really hits its stride from Kydds initial commissioning to his first couple books with tyger and at this point the series is starting to lose its way and do too much.