Admiral: Thomas Kydd 27 by Julian Stockwin

Admiral: Thomas Kydd 27 by Julian StockwinApril 1814. Napoleon is deposed and exiled after defeat by a resurgent allied collation. Saddled with huge war debts, the British government has no choice but to place many of its naval ships in reserve. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is one of the lucky officers not to be put on half pay. Instead, in the realisation of his life's ambition, he is offered an admiral's flag, but the station is West Africa and with it comes anti slavery operations set in fever

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