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Blackwood Family Series

This saga chronicles the lives and adventures of elite military units, weaving through historical events and personal destinies. From perilous missions to complex relationships, these narratives explore courage, loyalty, and sacrifice at the heart of military service. It's a thrilling read for fans of military drama and stories of camaraderie.

Dust on the Sea (The Royal Marines)
The Horizon
Die Ersten an Land, die Letzten zurück
The First to Land
Badge of Glory
Knife Edge

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    Badge of Glory

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    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.

    Badge of Glory
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    The Horizon

    • 384 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
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    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

    The Horizon
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    Dust on the Sea (The Royal Marines)

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
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    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.

    Dust on the Sea (The Royal Marines)
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    Knife Edge

    • 336 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
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    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.

    Knife Edge