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Badge of Glory
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Badge of Glory

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Travel through Britain's military history with a proud seafaring family, the Blackwoods, and the service tradition in which they make their careers—the Royal Marines. Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, the H.M.S. Audacious, in the summer of 1850. Sent out to Africa to eliminate the last strongholds of slavery, then on to the Crimean War.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMcBooks Press
Release dateApr 1, 2002
ISBN9781590134429
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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    A disappointing read from the author of an excellent British naval Napoleonic War series.Writing under his own name for The Blackwood Family series, Reeman's first novel explores the life of Royal Marine Captain Philip Blackwood in the mid 19th century.The historical detail is done with an exact and impeccable hand. The writing, however, is a bit dated, and the story itself slides into saccharine romance.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    The Marines are always the first to land, and here they land first in Africa (and then later in the Crimea). The action is well-related, but there is something drab about the characters; worrying, really, since this is the first in a series of novels charting the path through history of a sea-faring family. Definitely genre fiction: subgenre perhaps. Good at times, but like candy floss, it began to stick in my teeth.