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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 Blackwoodof the Royal Marines, received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin, Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater.

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The First To Land

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    A Paperback / softback by Douglas Reeman

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      Publisher: Cornerstone
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/01/2014
      ISBN13: 9780099594062, 978-0099594062
      ISBN10: 0099594064
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 Blackwoodof the Royal Marines, received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin, Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater.

      Trade Review
      'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' Sunday Times
      Masterly storytelling. * The Times *

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