A Shred of Honour - A Markham of the Marines Novel

An epic of 18th-century warfare by land and sea, this first novel in the Markham of the Marines trilogy introduces George Markham, lately of the 65th Regiment of Foot, now Lieutenant of Marines on His Britannic Majesty's frigate Hebe. As the winter of 1793 comes to the Mediterranean coast of France, Markham will have to prove he is a worthy officer . . . or die in the attempt.

About the author

David Donachie (1944–2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.

Product details

• Authors: David Donachie, Donachie David
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781493076116
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-7611-6
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 191 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: 1 Maps
• Series: Markham of the Marines
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Sea Stories, War & combat fiction, Sea stories, War, combat and military adventure fiction