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.
La Saga BlackwoodSéries
Cette saga retrace les vies et les aventures d'unités militaires d'élite, s'entremêlant à travers des événements historiques et des destins personnels. Des missions périlleuses aux relations complexes, ces récits explorent le courage, la loyauté et le sacrifice au cœur du service militaire. C'est une lecture palpitante pour les amateurs de drames militaires et d'histoires de camaraderie.






Ordre de lecture recommandé
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1900...Captain Blackwood is ordered to Hong Kong and before long, David and his cousin Ralf are embroiled in the Boxer Rebellion.
- 3
The Horizon
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Three generations of Blackwoods have served the Royal Marines with distinction. Now it is the turn of young Jonathan Blackwood to take up arms. In 1915, he fights from the sea, supported by the Royal Navy in the battlefields of the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, helpless to save either himself or his men. Two years later in Flandrs, Blackwood finds that Hell can get worse as he and his men fight on the horrific Western Front
- 4
Dust on the Sea (The Royal Marines)
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
It is 1943, and Captain Mike Blackwood, Royal Marine Commando, must find within himself qualities of leadership which will inspire those Royal Marines who are once again the first to land, and among the first to die on the Sicilian beaches.
- 5
Knife Edge
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
January 1970, and the final chapter in the Blackwood history appears to have closed with the murder in Cyprus of Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood, and the subsequent sale of the ancestral home.