Books with author Douglas Rees

A novel from the bestselling master storyteller of the sea. Malta 1941. To most people H.M.S. Saracen is just an ugly, obsolete ship with an equally ugly recent history: her last commander is due for court-martial after shelling the troops he was sent to protect. But to Captain Richard Chesnaye she brings back memories -- memories of the First World War when he and the old monitor went through the Gallipoli campaign together. It seems that captain and ship are both past their best. But as the war enters a new phase Chesnaye senses the possibility of a fresh, significant role -- for him and the Saracen.

A novel from the bestselling master storyteller of the sea. 1899, China. The Mandarins are becoming troublesome again and there are rumors that attacks will soon begin on British trade missions and legations. Captain David Blackwood of the Royal Marines, received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin, Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater. But there are plenty of troubles in store for Blackwood in the shape of an errant nephew and a beautiful German Countess who insists he personally escort her up river on a small steamer into the heart of the country. China is a sleeping tiger that will soon awake when the Boxer Rebellion erupts into bloody war in 1900. True to their motto, the Royal marines are the first to land -- and the last to leave. This is the second novel in the Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family and the tradition in which they served.

Physical description; 279 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; NOT price clipped. First edition and first printing. Summary; Lieutenant Ross Blackwood sells his ancestral home after the death of his father, a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Royal Marines, who died while on duty in Cyprus. Despite his grief and disillusionment, Ross continues his military career. Subjects; Great Britain. -- Royal Marines -- Fiction. Blackwood family (Fictitious characters). Great Britain. -- Royal Marines. Genres; Sea stories. Fiction.