Honour be Damned

This is the final installment in Markham of the Marines trilogy, set against the backdrop of revolutionary France in the 1790s. The historical novel is well written but the historical time line is a bit off in this book. I enjoyed the trilogy, Markham was a Royal Marine whereas, Bernard Cornwell’s R......more

I picked this up at the bookstore because I like the Sharpe's novels and this felt like a nice blend between sea novels and Napoleonic war era soldier stories. The main character George Markham is a lieutenant in the Royal Marines, and the book starts with a siege in Spain, which ends with a bit of d......more

Having read the series in rapid succession they are interesting & engaging. However I can't help but feel throughout the author continually writes any Gentleman & especially Gentleman Officer as suspect of moral if not also action, with the exception of those historical figures who are kept beyond s......more

Decent story but oh...what happened to the editor?. Typos, sentences that don't make sense and in one instance a line constructed so it states the opposite to the actual situation. Slapdash.......more