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An edition of The Riddle of the Sands (1903)

The riddle of the sands

a record of secret service recently achieved

[New ed.] 5th impression.

by

  • ★★★ 3.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 84 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

Childers's lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization,richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.

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Adlard Coles Limited
Language
English
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277

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Subjects
Great britain, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, alternative history, Fiction, sea stories, Large type books, Fiction, Invasions, History, Secret service, Sailing, British, Classic Literature, Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, espionage, General, Invasions of Great Britain, English Spy stories, Secret service -- Fiction, Sailing -- Fiction, Spy fiction, Alternative histories (Fiction), Adventure fiction, Sea stories, Great Britain -- History -- Invasions -- Fiction, Frisian Islands -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History, Europe -- Frisian Islands, Great Britain, Readers, English language, juvenile literature
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Great Britain, Frisian Islands, Europe

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Edition Notes

First published in 1903.

First published in the Mariners Library in 1955.

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Series
The Mariners library, Mariners library

The Physical Object

Pagination
277 p. :
Number of pages
277

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Open Library
OL13536345M
ISBN 10
0229986390
OCLC/WorldCat
2387087
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3600679

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I HAVE read of men who, when forced by their calling to live for long periods in utter solitude-save for a few black faces-have made it a rule to dress regularly for dinner in order to maintain their self-respect and prevent a relapse into barbarism.
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