The Riddle of The Sands Erskine Childers Mystery Folio Society 2008 Whistler VGC

The Riddle of The Sands Erskine Childers Mystery Folio Society 2008 Whistler VGC

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The Riddle of The Sands Erskine Childers Mystery Folio Society 2008 Whistler VGC
Folio Society
Mystery & Crime

The Riddle of The Sands

Erskine Childers

£20.99
Edition year 2008
Printing year 2008
First edition Yes
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Daniel Whistler
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 296
Dimensions 24 × 16.1 cm
Condition Very Good
Condition notes In very good overall condition. Faintly faded case.

Edition details

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

About the book

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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