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Erskine Childers - The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved

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Set before World War I, this enthralling novel pitches two amateur sailors against the secret forces of mighty Germany. Powers of deduction and navigational skills prove equally important in uncovering a plot which threatens personal as well as national security.

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Authors	Erskine Childers
Narrator	Anton Lesser
Fiction Subgenre	• • • • • • • •

Professional Reviews

Professional Reviews

<b><i>Armchair Detective</i>:</b> "Erskine Childers's 'The Riddle of the Sands' is often cited as the first modern spy novel. Whether or not that is true is perhaps debatable. However, since 1903 it has remained in print and has been a perennial favorite of readers....Given the directions the spy novel has taken over the past ninety years, 'The Riddle of the Sands' now probably will remind readers more of a Buchanesque adventure novel than an espionage thriller of derring-do....Still, as a precursor to le Carre and company, the novel remains of real interest because it helped to establish the conventions of the genre and stimulated a future interest in spy fiction."

Book Editions

Book Editions

HardcoverJune 01, 1984Amereon Ltd9"(h) x 6"(w) x 1"(d), 1.15 lbs.9780891902409

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