{"product_id":"the-horizon-royal-marines-blackwood-family-saga-douglas-reeman-1st-ed","title":"The Horizon; Royal Marines-Blackwood Family Saga, Douglas Reeman — 1st Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [vi], 289.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. Original publisher’s binding remains robust and entirely square, boasting sharp corners and unbumped spine ends. The text block is tight and clean, exhibiting the uniform, moderate page-edge toning characteristic of the paper stock from this publishing era. The internal contents are pristine, free from foxing, markings, or previous ownership inscriptions. It is housed in its original, vibrant dust jacket, which presents beautifully with only the most negligible suggestion of shelf-wear to the extremities, now fully protected in a removable, archival-quality plastic sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition, first printing. Douglas Reeman, widely celebrated for his extensive contributions to naval fiction, including the Richard Bolitho novels penned under the pseudonym Alexander Kent, continues his commanding Blackwood Family saga with this instalment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dust jacket features a striking, evocative watercolour wrap-around illustration of advancing soldiers amidst barbed wire and Flanders poppies, elegantly capturing the somber realities of the narrative. Though not a particularly scarce title on the open market, it is increasingly difficult to find early WWI\/maritime fiction from the 1990s in such remarkably clean, well-preserved, and unread condition, making this an ideal addition to a serious military fiction library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing the acclaimed Royal Marines-Blackwood Family saga, \u003ci\u003eThe Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e immerses readers in the harrowing theatres of the First World War. Honouring the Corps' storied motto, \u003ci\u003ePer Mare Per Terram\u003c\/i\u003e (By Sea, By Land), the narrative traces the paths of the Blackwood family from the disastrous, sun-baked Gallipoli campaign in the Dardanelles in 1915 to the muddy, blood-soaked trenches of Flanders in 1917. Reeman masterfully intertwines the personal sacrifices and enduring duty of his protagonists with the brutal, mechanized realities of early twentieth-century warfare, delivering a poignant, meticulously researched maritime and military epic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53729592803667,"sku":"4124-EV-F-VG-6","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260609_132028.jpg?v=1781013003","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-horizon-royal-marines-blackwood-family-saga-douglas-reeman-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}