BADGE OF GLORY.
by Reeman, Douglas. (a.k.a. Alexander Kent.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091504708
- ISBN 13
- 9780091504700
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1982. 366 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "(T)he first novel in the (Blackwood) series, opens in August 1850, when Captain Philip Blackwood rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious. It is peacetime and although sometimes engaged in small overseas campaigns the world's mightiest navy has settled into a routine of tradition and ceremonial. With the coming of the steam age many younger officers are pressing for change and modernisation whereas their superiors for the most part see coal-fired ships as a challenge to their own power. Blackwood soon discovers that he is about to get all the action he needs as the squadron's new admiral receives orders to sail to West Africa and stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery. Blackwood is also made to realize that there is more to leading his men that holding a firm line in battle. Love, hate, ambition and envy are forces which he must also confront. 'Per Mare - Per Terram' is the Royal Marines' proud motto, and in the heat of Africa and later in the bitter war of the Crimea Blackwood and his men must obey it without question." Slight cigarette odour, very light browning to edges of text block, small remainder mark (dot) on top of text block, small bump at bottom corner of both boards. Dust jacket has heavy browning at top edge of flaps, light browning at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing, wrinkling at bottom of flap-folds.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Terry Hadler, dust jacket art..
Synopsis
The bestselling novel from the master storyteller of the sea.It was an age of Empire, an age of contrast, and an age of dramatic change - and one which would determine the destinies of nations as well as of men. Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious, in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. Per Mare - Per Terram is the Marines' motto. In the torturous heat of Africa, where they are sent to stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery, and later, in the bitter war of the Crimea, Philip Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question. The first novel in an enthralling and colourful saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family and the tradition in which they served, Badge of Glory is a stunning new departure for one of Britain's master storytellers.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24840
- Title
- BADGE OF GLORY.
- Author
- Reeman, Douglas. (a.k.a. Alexander Kent.)
- Illustrator
- Terry Hadler, dust jacket art.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091504708
- ISBN 13
- 9780091504700
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Naval, Royal Marines, RN, Blackwood family, Sailing ships, Slave trade, Crimean War, Adventure, Douglas Reeman, Alexander Kent, Military Adventure, Adventure Series, Captain Philip Blackwood, HMS Audacious, 19th Century, Age of Sail, Age of Steam, Royal N
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - Fiction;
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