Pasha
Authors: Julian Stockwin
W
ILL
K
YDD LAY SIEGE TO THE ANCIENT CITY OF
C
ONSTANTINOPLE?
Thomas Kydd and the crew of
L'Aurore
bid farewell to the balmy waters of the Caribbean. Once home, Kydd finds his exploits are the talk of London and he and his best friend and confidential secretary, Nicholas Renzi, must part ways for good.
When British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Charles Arbuthnot, reports that the French (in an attempt to secure a vital passage to India) have been whipping up anti-English sentiment and actively wooing the Turks; Kydd is sent to the Dardanelles.
Braving treacherous currents, unreliable winds, and giant bombards, Kydd rescues the ambassador. But as the fleet waits for a response to their ultimatum, the French help strengthen Turkish defenses and an attempted coup lands Renzi in prison!
B
OOK 15âTHE
K
YDD
S
EA
A
DVENTURES
Cover design by Panda Musgrove.
Kydd Sea Adventures by Julian Stockwin
K
YDD
A
RTEMIS
S
EAFLOWER
M
UTINY
Q
UARTERDECK
T
ENACIOUS
C
OMMAND
T
HE
A
DMIRAL'S
D
AUGHTER
T
HE
P
RIVATEER'S
R
EVENGE
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I
NVASION
V
ICTORY
C
ONQUEST
B
ETRAYAL
C
ARIBBEE
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Published in the U.K. as
T
REACHERY
Published by McBooks Press 2014
Simultaneously published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton,
a Hachette UK company
Copyright © 2014 by Julian Stockwin (The right of Julian Stockwin to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.)
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. Requests for such permissions should be addressed to McBooks Press, Inc., ID Booth Building, 520 North Meadow St., Ithaca, NY 14850.
Cover: Ivan Aivazovsky's View of Constantinople & the Bosporus, 1856.
Maps drawn by Sandra Oakins.
Dust jacket and book design by Panda Musgrove.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stockwin, Julian.
 Pasha : a Kydd sea adventure / Julian Stockwin.
       pages ; cm. -- (Kydd sea adventures)
 ISBN 978-1-59013-683-6 (hardcover : acid-free paper) -- ISBN 978-1-59013-685-0 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-59013-684-3 (mobipocket)
 1. Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century--Fiction. 3. Sailors--Fiction. 4. Seafaring life--Fiction.
 I. Title.
  PR6119.T66P37 2014
  823'.92--dc23
2014030333
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Bir gül mü var bu gülÅen-i ââlemde hârsiz
(Does any bloom, in this rose-garden world, lack thorns?)
âDivan poetry from the court of Sultan Selim III
D
RAMATIS
P
ERSONAE
*
indicates a fictitious character
* Thomas Kydd, captain of
L'Aurore
* Nicholas Renzi,
       his friend and confidential secretary, later Lord Farndon
L
'AURORE
, SHIP'S COMPANY
* Bowden, third lieutenant
* Brice, officer appointed into
L'Aurore
* Calloway, master's mate
* Clinch, midshipman
* Clinton, lieutenant of marines
* Curzon, second lieutenant
* Doud, seaman
* Gilbey, first lieutenant
* Goffin, ship's clerk
* Kendall, sailing master
* Oakley, boatswain
* Owen, purser
* Peyton, surgeon
* Poulden, captain's coxswain
* Redmond, gunner
* Saxton, master's mate
* Stirk, gunner's mate
* Tysoe, Kydd's valet
* Willock, midshipman
O
FFICERS, OTHER SHIPS
Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
Vice Admiral Duckworth
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Louis
Rear Admiral Sidney Smith
Captain Blackwood,
Ajax
Captain Bolton,
Fisgard
Captain Boyles,
Windsor Castle
Captain Brisbane,
Arethusa
Captain Lydiard,
Anson
Captain Moubray,
Active
* Lawson, lieutenant-in-command,
Weazel
Dmitry Senyavin, Russian Navy admiral
Aleksey Ochakov, lieutenant of
Tverdyî
O
THERS
Alexander Ball, governor of Malta
King George III
John Murray, publisher
* Congalton, Foreign Office
* Dillon, under-secretary, Eskdale Hall
* Emily, Kydd family's maid
* Fortescue, confidential secretary
* Jago, under-steward, Eskdale Hall
* Cecilia Kydd
* Fanny Kydd
* Walter Kydd
* Marquess of Bloomsbury
* Hetty Panton, friend of Cecilia Kydd
* Perrott, Kydd school boatswain
C
ONSTANTINOPLE
Ahmed, secretary to Selim III
Arbuthnot, British ambassador
Crown Prince Mustafa
Haji Samatar, grand mufti of Constantinople
Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha, grand vizier
Isaac Bey, Ottoman envoy
Italinski, Russian ambassador
Kabakji Mustafa, Janissary official