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02389aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 A11BBA5C7B2811EB8960C99555ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210302012545 008 200811t20202020enkb 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9781473698772 020 $a 1473698774 020 $a 1473698766 020 $a 9781473698765 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1192377113 040 $a NZLEP $b eng $c NZLEP $d YDX $d ATNSH $d NZHWP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d VYG $d OCLCO $d AU@ $d ATXAS $d NZAUC $d IW5 $d SILO 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Stockwin, Julian. 245 10 $a Balkan Glory / $c Julian Stockwin. 260 $a London : $b Hodder & Stoughton , $c 2020. 300 $a 401 pages : $b maps ; $c 25 cm. 490 0 $a A Thomas Kydd novel ; $v 23 520 $a 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? 600 00 $a Napoleon $b I, $c Emperor of the French, $d 1769-1821 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Seafaring life $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Battleships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Adriatic Coast (Balkan Peninsula) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History, Naval $y 19th century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 0 $a Sea stories. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210302015854.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A11BBA5C7B2811EB8960C99555ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search