Buy this book on-line STOCKWIN**, JULIAN: : BALKAN GLORYLONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2020. ISBN 9781473698765.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork,by Larry Rostant,illustrated dw/dj panels with glossy white and fluorescent/metallic blue gilt title lettering to front+ spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' reviews of authour's previous KYDD novels; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - minimal bumping to foot of spine.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – pristine - unread other than my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked fluorescent/metallic blue gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xipp+1-401pp [paginated] includes Dramatis Personae,71 chapters,2pp glossary,author's note and 2pp blanks at the rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram,and double-page b/w regional map with 4 other regional map insets.
'Balkan Glory' is an epic chapter in the splendid Kydd canon,weaving knotty political gambits with stirring naval actions,expressively re-creating the often harsh reality Jack Tars witnessed within their wooden walls during the Napoleonic Wars' - Quarterdeck 1811.
The Adriatic,the 'French Lake',is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd finds his glorious return to England cut short when the Admiralty summons him to lead a squadron of frigates into these waters to cause havoc and distress to the enemy.
Kydd is dubbed 'The Sea Devil' by Bonaparte who personally appoints one of his favourites, Dubourdieu,along with a fleet that greatly outweighs the British,to rid him of this menace.At the same time,Nicholas Renzi is sent to Austria on a secret mission to sound out the devious arch-statesman,Count Metternich.His meeting reveals a deadly plan by Bonaparte that threatens the whole balance of power in Europe. The only thing that can stop it is a decisive move at sea and for this he must somehow cross the Alps to the Adriatic to contact Kydd directly.A climactic sea battle where the stakes could not be higher is inevitable.Kydd faces Dubourdieu with impossible odds stacked against him.Can he shatter Bonaparte's dreams of breaking out of Europe and marching to the gates of India and Asia?
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