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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

by

  • ★★★ 3.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 88 Want to read
  • 8 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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Naval Institute Press
Language
English
Pages
318

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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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1978, Sidgwick & Jackson in association with New English Library
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Cover of: THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS. A RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE. BY ERSKINE CHILDERS. FOREW. BY ERSKINE HAMILTON CHILDERS. INTROD. BY THE EARL OF LONGFORD
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS. A RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE. BY ERSKINE CHILDERS. FOREW. BY ERSKINE HAMILTON CHILDERS. INTROD. BY THE EARL OF LONGFORD
1972, SIDGWICK AND JACKSON
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The riddle of the sands: a record of secret service
1915, Dodd, Mead & co.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint. Originally published: London : Smith Elder, 1903.

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Annapolis, Md
Series
Classics of naval literature

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6005.H52 R52 1991

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxviii, 318 p. :
Number of pages
318

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1884868M
ISBN 10
0870216015
LCCN
90045843
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21291
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683250

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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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