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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
Erskine Childers
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Description for The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
Paperback. One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England. This edition is complemented by a fine introduction which examines the novel in its political and historical context. Editor(s): Trotter, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: FC; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
`About this coast... In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.' Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered most vividly for his ground-breaking spy novel, The Riddle of the Sands (1903). In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, the sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the emptiness and boredom of his life in London. He reluctantly accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, the shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing ... Read more
`About this coast... In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.' Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered most vividly for his ground-breaking spy novel, The Riddle of the Sands (1903). In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, the sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the emptiness and boredom of his life in London. He reluctantly accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, the shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199549719
SKU
V9780199549719
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About Erskine Childers
David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College, London.
Reviews for The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Carruthers' development from fashionable young man-about-town to patriotic amateur spy ... This one undoubtedly deserves its status as a classic of espionage fiction.
Leah Galbraith, FictionFan
Leah Galbraith, FictionFan