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Kydd, first published in 2001, is a historical novel by Julian Stockwin. This first instalment in Julian Stockwin's series of novels set during the Age of Fighting Sail tells the story of young Kydd, who is pressed into service on a British ship in 1793. The book is unusual in that the hero is an ordinary pressed man, not an officer as is most common in nautical fiction.
Kydd may refer to:
- Kydd (surname)
- Kydd (novel), a 2001 novel by Julian Stockwin
- Kydd (rapper), American hip hop artist
Randell "Kydd" Jones is an American hiphop/R&B artist from Austin, Texas, currently based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kydd is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Cynna Kydd, Australian netball player
- Garth Kydd, Australian netball player
- Jonathan Kydd (academic), British agricultural expert
- Jonathan Kydd (actor), British actor
- Robbie Kydd, rugby union player
- Sam Kydd, British actor
Usage examples of "kydd".
Subsiding weakly after a series of dry heaves, Thomas Paine Kydd laid his head once more on the wet, hard boards.
In the dark beyond the open gunports Kydd could discern unknown movement.
Truscott thrust himself between them, pulling Stallard off Kydd by his hair.
Quickly the capstan and gear were secured, and Kydd fell back with profound relief.
As Kydd watched, one man swung out and appeared to hang down from the main yard.
Even at this distance Kydd could see that the sailor was disdaining to cling on, instead balancing between the tiny footrope he stood on while leaning familiarly against the big spar.
It was deserted, and at a point where the bows began their curve in, forward on the starboard side, Kydd took a long hard look at the place that would be his home in his new life.
Most of the ordinary sailors Kydd could see around him were clearly not of the first order, and he guessed that they were stationed here because they could be brought more under eye from the quarterdeck.
He fell in a wide arc outward and into the sea, his piercing shriek of despair paralyzing Kydd until it was cut off by the sea.
Bowyer murmured, and Kydd could see that there was a method in the madness about him.
Bowyer had eased the lines so that Kydd would be in the lowest of them.
It became clear that this had an additional benefit when Bowyer invited Kydd to climb into his hammock for the first time.
Keyed up to expect hours of toil, Kydd was surprised to find how relaxed the watch before midnight could be.
With fatigue closing in on him in waves, Kydd stumbled over to his hammock.
A rope thrust into his hands, Kydd snatched a glance aft at the small group on the quarterdeck.