Julian Stockwin

Julian Stockwin (born 1944 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) is an author of historical action-adventure fiction. As well as the Kydd Series he has written two standalone novels The Silk Tree and The Powder of Death.

Julian Stockwin
Born1944 (age 75–76)
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
OccupationNovelist
GenreHistorical action-adventure
Notable worksKydd, Artemis, Seaflower, Mutiny, Quarterdeck, Tenacious, Command, The Admiral's Daughter, Treachery, Invasion, Victory, Conquest, Betrayal, Pasha, The Silk Tree, Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany
Website
www.julianstockwin.com

Biography
Julian in front of HMS Victory

Born in 1944, Stockwin soon developed a love for the sea, having an uncle, Tom Clay, who was a seaman in square-rigged ships and had sailed around Cape Horn in the Cutty Sark.[1]

After grammar school, his father sent him to sea-training school at Indefatigable at age 14. He joined the Royal Navy at 15 and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy when his family emigrated.[2] Stockwin served eight years, and was eventually rated petty officer.

Stockwin attended the University of Tasmania to read Far Eastern studies and psychology. He did post-graduate work in cross-cultural psychology. He got involved in the manufacture and design of computers and software development. Returning to the navy and the Royal Navy Reserve, Stockwin was honoured with an MBE and retired as lieutenant commander.[1]

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1990 and started to write in 1996. He currently resides in Ivybridge, Devon.

Works

Thomas Kydd series
#Title [3]PublisherPublication Date
1Kydd
1793		Hodder & Stoughton2001
A wig maker from Guildford, Thomas Kydd finds himself pressed into the service of the Crown as a landsman. His first berth is aboard HMS Duke William, where he befriends Nicholas Renzi. 
2Artemis
1794		Hodder & Stoughton2002
Now berthed in Artemis, Kydd journeys to the Pacific and China. 
3SeaflowerHodder & Stoughton2003
Kydd and Renzi are shipped to the Caribbean. There they join the cutter Seaflower. 
4Mutiny
1797		Hodder & Stoughton2004
Mutiny off the Nore finds Kydd with split loyalties – between his duty and his shipmates. 
5Quarterdeck
1798		Hodder & Stoughton2005
After being promoted to Lieutenant after the Nore Mutiny, Thomas Kydd joins Tenacious serving in Canada. 
6Tenacious
1798		Hodder & Stoughton2005
Kydd's ship Tenacious takes part in the Battle of the Nile. 
7CommandHodder & Stoughton2006
Kydd is assigned as Commander of Teazer, patrolling the waters around Malta and the Mediterranean. When peace is declared he resigns his commission and sails to the antipodes as captain of a merchant ship. 
8The Admiral's Daughter
1803		Hodder & Stoughton2007
War with France resumes. Again in command of Teazer, Kydd has challenges both naval and relational as he encounters an Admiral's daughter, the sophisticated Persephone Lockwood. 
9Treachery
(aka The Privateer's Revenge in the USA)		Hodder & Stoughton2008
Kydd is disgraced and leaves naval service. However he takes to the sea again as a privateer. 
10InvasionHodder & Stoughton2009
Exonerated and back in Naval service, Kydd encounters the rocket inventor Robert Fulton. 
11Victory
1805		Hodder & Stoughton2010
Our hero takes part in the build-up to and the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain. 
12Conquest
1806		Hodder & Stoughton2011
Cape Town, a Dutch colony, is to be taken; Kydd joins a joint expedition of land- and sea-based forces. 
13Betrayal
1806		Hodder & Stoughton2012
Kydd travels from South Africa to Buenos Aires to take part in Commodore Popham's audacious attack. 
14CaribbeeHodder & Stoughton2013
The sugar trade, vital to British interests, is threatened. Kydd must respond. 
15PashaHodder & Stoughton2014
Istanbul and the Dardanelles are the setting for conflict and intrigues. Kydd’s 'particular friend' Renzi is right at the heart of things. 
16TygerHodder & Stoughton2015
Kydd gains command of HMS Tyger at a critical moment in his career. 
17Inferno
1807		Hodder & Stoughton2016
The Danish fleet is the focus of British and French attention; with Napoleon's forces rapidly approaching Copenhagen diplomacy is vital. 
18Persephone
1807		Hodder & Stoughton2017
Kydd, now a celebrated hero, takes HMS Tyger to Lisbon and meets his old flame Persephone Lockwood. 
19The Baltic Prize
1808		Hodder & Stoughton2017
At short notice Tyger is called to join a newly assembled fleet and sent to the Baltic and the only remaining continental ally to Great Britain, the kingdom of Sweden. Kydd finds he is to serve under Sir James Saumarez, a Vice-Admiral whom he has encountered before. 
20The Iberian Flame
1808		Hodder & Stoughton2018
The Iberian peninsula is in ferment and Bonaparte seeks to carve up Portugal and install his brother Joseph as King of Spain. Renzi is sent to incite opposition to France's intentions in Spain. Kydd becomes embroiled in support of the British expeditionary force in northwestern Spain. 
21A Sea of Gold
1809		Hodder & Stoughton2018
Back in London after Corunna, Kydd is again the hero. Soon, thrust into the forefront of the action at the insistence of Lord Thomas Cochrane, the Basque Roads are the scene of his next encounter with the French. In addition financial ruin beckons. 
22To the Eastern Seas
1810		Hodder & Stoughton2019
23Balkan GloryHodder & Stoughtonforthcoming October 2020

Other Historical fiction
  1. The Silk Tree (2014) A fictional account of the bringing silkworm eggs to the Byzantine Empire from China.
  2. The Powder of Death (2016) A fictional account of how gunpowder came to England and its use in cannons.

Non-fiction works
  1. Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany (2009)

Footnotes
  1. Stockwin, Julian. "Stockwin's official biography". julianstockwin.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
  2. Blake (agent), Carole. "Agent's page". blakefriedmann. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
  3. "Julian Stockwin". Historic Naval Fiction. Retrieved 27 Mar 2018.
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