Lieutenant George Markham of Her Majesty's Royal Marines has earned his reputation for trouble. So his superiors assign him to a suicide mission battling the French over the island of Corsica. Surrounded by spies, traitors, and rivals-including a jealous husband-Markham's only hope lies in the men under his command-who the top brass believe are the scum of the earth...
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Tom Connery has written three Markham of the Marines novels, and as David Donachie he is the author of the Harry Ludlow novels, published in Britain.
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I have read both available books in this new (to us) series. The fact that it is a close copy of the Sharpe series is not a bad thing. From the first two examples i look forward to another 10 or so....
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Interesting book, injoyed the series I like the author, and almost all any book about the sea. but this one was better then most
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Even low in the water George Markham could see the French artillery shells arcing through the sharp dawn sky towards the heavily-laden boats, the swell off the coast of Cap Corse seeming to lift the cutter to meet them halfway. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Fiorenzo, Major Lanester, Pasquale Paoli, General Paoli, Lieutenant Markham, Colonel Hanger, George Markham, Admiral Hood, Sergeant Rannoch, Lizzie Gordon, General Dundas, Brown Bess, Captain de Lisle, Commandatore Calheri, Magdalena Calheri, General Lacombe, Augustus Hanger, Eboluh Bellamy, King George, Sir David Dundas, Captain Serocold, New York, San Quilico Rocci, Cap Corse, Corporal Halsey New!
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Even low in the water George Markham could see the French artillery shells arcing through the sharp dawn sky towards the heavily-laden boats, the swell off the coast of Cap Corse seeming to lift the cutter to meet them halfway. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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San Fiorenzo, Major Lanester, Pasquale Paoli, General Paoli, Lieutenant Markham, Colonel Hanger, George Markham, Admiral Hood, Sergeant Rannoch, Lizzie Gordon, General Dundas, Brown Bess, Captain de Lisle, Commandatore Calheri, Magdalena Calheri, General Lacombe, Augustus Hanger, Eboluh Bellamy, King George, Sir David Dundas, Captain Serocold, New York, San Quilico Rocci, Cap Corse, Corporal Halsey New!
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