Quarterdeck

Name: Quarterdeck
Rating: 4.23 (1438 reviews)

by Julian Stockwin

Book 5 in the Thomas Kydd series.

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Promoted after the Battle of Camperdown, Kydd must pass the examination that will confirm him as a lieutenant. Technical competence is only part of the test: a former pressed man must also learn the manners and authority expected of a gentleman officer.

Service in HMS Tenacious takes Kydd and Renzi to Halifax and into contact with the young United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France. The voyage tests whether Kydd can command men who once stood beside him on the lower deck without denying the origins that made him a sailor.