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The First to Land - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 5: The Royal Marines Saga

Reeman, Douglas

 
9780099424109: The First to Land
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 009942410X ISBN 13 : 9780099424109
Editeur : Arrow Books Ltd, 1985

Synopsis

1899, China. The Mandarins are becoming troublesome again and there are rumors that attacks will soon begin on British trade missions and legations. Captain David Blackwoodof the Royal Marines, received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin, Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater. But there are plenty of troubles in store for Blackwood in the shape of an errant nephew and a beautiful German Countess who insists he personally escort her up river on a small steamer into the heart of the country.China is a sleeping tiger that will soon awake when the Boxer Rebellion erupts into bloody war in 1900. True to their motto, the Royal marines are the first to land - and the last to leave. This is the second novel in the Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family and the tradition in which they served.

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À propos de l'auteur

Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

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Éditeur
Arrow Books Ltd
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
009942410X
ISBN 13 
9780099424109
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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