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The name Tom Connery is an alias for the author David Donachie. As Tom Connery he writes the Markham of the Marines Series based at the beginning of the Napoleonic war.
A Shred of Honour
Markham, a foot soldier by training, is no sailor, and he is suddenly left with a band of surly, disgruntled conscripts under his command. The salty marines aboard the frigate Hebe deride his ignorance and undermine his authority. The soldiers from Markham's old regiment who have been transferred to the Hebe blame him for the fact that they now must spend their days cramped on a ship.

Worse, as the winter of 1793 comes, Markham and his troublemaking men must face the expansive terror of Revolutionary France. The fighting takes Markham to the city of Toulon, where he makes the acquaintance of a french soldier named Napoleon Bonaparte.
Honour Redeemed
Lieutentant George Markham leads his embattled Royal Marines against the French in Corsica.
His Mission: To sieze the island.
His problem: not just the French, but spies, traitors, and jealous rivals- including jealous husbands.

Markham has a lot to prove. But as a scarred veteran of the war in America and against the French, Markham is battle-hardened in a way too many of his senior officers aren't- and his hardness wins over his men, men whom even thier own officers regard as scum of the earth

With the help of these men,Markham ventures across the island to persuade the veteran war hero Pasquali Paoli to unite the Corsicans behind him.

Honour Be Damned
After completing the siege of a French forteress in Corsica, Markham and his men are assigned to a sloop under the impetuous Captain Germain. Before long Germain's foolhardy hunt for glory throws Markham and his "Lobsters" into desperate ship to ship action. Fortunately, fighting hand to hand is what the battle-hardened marines do best

Like Markham, Germain has been branded a coward, but in his zeal to restore his good name he sets Markham on another, more perilous venture.

This time , Markham must go ashore to escort a group of French royalists on a secret mission. Dodging the French army patrols that surrond Markham would be difficult enough but it is particularly hazardous because he is shackled with a French count, a devious Catholic prelate, a young lady and their contingent of servants.