Description: In the tradition of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series comes author Tom Connery's own Lieutenant George Markham of the Royal Marines. Lieutenant Markham is a reputed coward now in command of a detachment of disgruntled conscripts in the British Navy with heavy fighting ahead against the empire of Napoleon. With remarkable detail and texture, Connery follows Markham through bloody battles, amorous encounters, quarrels with superiors, and espionage against French spies, culminating in a date with the guillotine. For the first time, Tom Connery's acclaimed account of daringdo during the Napoleonic Wars will be available in the United States.

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