Artemis
Subtitle: a novel
By: Julian Stockwin.
Edition: 1st Scribner ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Sailors -- Fiction.; Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century -- Fiction.; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Story of young wig-maker Thomas Kydd, who was kidnapped and pressed into service in the old line-of-battle ship Duke Williams. In his brutal introduction to the sea, Kydd suffered much but learned to love life at sea."--Jacket.