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Carruthers, a minor official in the Foreign Office, is contacted by an acquaintance, Davies, asking him to join in a yachting holiday in the Baltic Sea. Carruthers agrees, as his other plans for a holiday have fallen through.He arrives to find that Davies has a small sailing... Read Full Overview

The Riddle of the Sands is a work by Erskine Childers now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic

While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Written by Childers--who served in the Royal Navy during World War I--as a wake-up call to the British government to attend to its North Sea defenses,... Read Full Overview

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Regarded as one of the best spy stories ever written, this is the classic Secret Service novel. More like fact than fiction, it holds a special place in the affections of spy-novel fans for its richness of technical detail about inshore sailing, its highly sympathetic characters,... Read Full Overview

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's... Read Full Overview

Loosely based on the author's own experiences, The Riddle of the Sands takes readers back to the early days of the twentieth century, when Britain shared a tense rivalry with the Kaiser's Germany. Tempted by the idea of duck shooting, Carruthers is lured by his friend Davies... Read Full Overview

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. Bored with his life in London, a young man accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the North Sea. A vivid exploration of... Read Full Overview

Christmas Edition perfect as a gift. "Together we repaired to the quay, where the pilot stood, looking like a genial ball of worsted, and bawled hoarse directions while we shifted the 'Dulcibella' to a berth on the farther shore close to the other vessels. We returned with our... Read Full Overview

'The Riddle of the Sands' is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War and is a classic of spy fiction.

A CLASSIC SPY NOVEL
The Riddle of the Sands, penned by Childers in 1903, was one of the first spy fiction novels. It was tremendously popular and influential in the period before World War I.
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