The Riddle of The Sands (2008) - Folio Society edition

The Riddle of The Sands (2008)

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The Riddle of The Sands (2008) - Folio Society edition
Folio Society
Mystery & Crime

The Riddle of The Sands (2008)

Erskine Childers

Edition year 2008
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Daniel Whistler
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 296
Dimensions 24 × 16.1 cm

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The Riddle of The Sands by Erskine Childers. New edition 2008 with new binding.

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Erskine Childers's The Riddle of the Sands is an early espionage novel set in the years before the First World War. It follows Carruthers, a young British civil servant who joins his friend Davies on what initially appears to be a sailing holiday among the islands and sandbanks of the German North Sea coast. The pair gradually uncover evidence of a possible German plan threatening Britain. Childers combines a carefully constructed spy story with exceptionally detailed sailing and navigation, producing a remarkably convincing tale of secrecy, patriotism and international tension.

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