Badge of glory

"Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious, in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. 'Per Mare Per Terram' is the Marines' motto, and the in the torturous heat of Africa, where they are sent to stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery, and later, in the bitter wars of the Crimea, Philip Blackwood and his men learn to obey it with question."
"Captain Philip Blackwood, serves with the Royal Marines aboard the HMS 'Audacious'. He sees action against West African slavers and against Russians in the Crimea. In between battles he is beset with personal problems and comes up against greedy, glory-seeking superiors."@en
"The first in the dramatic and colourful Royal Marines saga opens in 1850, and follows Phillip Blackwood, one member of a large seafaring family, as he takes his ship and crew to the heat of Africa to stamp out slavery."
"The first in the dramatic and colourful Royal Marines saga opens in 1850, and follows Phillip Blackwood, one member of a large seafaring family, as he takes his ship and crew to the heat of Africa to stamp out slavery."@en