MUTINY.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's instantly recognisable,neat handwritten blue ink signature and underscore - without dedication - to title page.Waterstone's b/w circular 'Signed by the author at Waterstone's' adhesive sticker to upper wrap.Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt, illustrated card wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - but obvious reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but generally still bright and clean without any foxing/ spotting: contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, 12mo p/back,author SIGNED, 1st edn,1-440pp [paginated] includes a prologue,11 chapters and author's note,(plus a prologue and first chapter of forthcoming HB title, 'Quarterdeck' from H&S in October,2004 and p/b issue in April,2005,towards the rear); plus [unpaginated] critics' reviews,author SIGNED title page,quotation page (Articles of War,1749), individual separator pages announcing reading further adventures of KYDD and publisher's advert for 'QUARTERDECK' the next forthcoming KYDD novel, 2pp advert for Limited Edition prints and website/email community relating to author,also towards rear. Author's 4th title in the KYDD series.See also my book ID's rja405811 and rja826318 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn examples of this same title; and book ID's rja408512 and rja640116 for UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edns.
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'Mutiny',the fourth book in the acclaimed Thomas Kydd series, continues the magnificent tale of one man's journey from pressed man to Admiral in the Great Age of Sail.It is 1797 and Kydd is now master's mate on Achilles,a 64-gun ship-of-the-line returning from the Caribbean to England.But the Mediterranean has been evacuated by the British and Kydd's ship is diverted to Gibraltar to be part of the defences of the fabled Rock.There,he is reunited with his enigmatic, high-born friend Nicholas Renzi.In an attempt to win the heart of a lady,Kydd volunteers to join his tie-mate and others on a dangerous voyage on the frigate Bacchante.Their mission is to rescue a diplomat fleeing over the Alps in the wake of French victories.In Venice,against the backdrop of the tumultuous last days of La Serissima Republica and Buonaparte's imminent conquest, their chances of success look slim. Kydd finally sets sail for England, longed-for after many years' absence,and finds himself at the centre of one of the most extraordinary events in English history - the Mutiny at the Nore.Ten thousand men,one thousand guns and scores of ships hold the country to ransom,the government is near collapse,the economy on the brink of ruin.And the Dutch fleet at Texel now threatens the very survival of England; should they prevail the country will be lost to the French in hours.In the bloody Battle of Camperdown that ensues,the sailors experience all the horror of a major fleet action. This book is based on dramatic true events that have seldom been written about before and are here brought thrillingly to life.
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