Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydd\'s daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South America\'s Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest.
He is the author of the Kydd Sea Adventures series..
He entered the British Navy at age 15 and was eventually named a Member of the British Empire.
Can they save themselves and their prize? About the Author: Julian Stockwin is a retired teacher and educational psychologist, and a former lieutenant commander of the Royal Navy Reserve.
Now Kydd\'s men must face resistance and the Betrayal of their closest allies.
But the uprising that promises the end of Spanish rule never arrives and the locals begin to see dark conspiracies behind the invader\'s actions.
Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the river, the British invasion force wins a battle against improbable odds, taking the capital and the silver.
Rumors of a treasure hoard of Spanish silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate in Buenos Aires.
Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydd\'s daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South America\'s Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest
