The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service

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Penguin Books, 1978 - Fiction - 326 pages
A spy thriller with a 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.

About the author (1978)

Childers lived a life as adventurous as his novel. Born in London in 1870 but orphaned when he was six, he was brought up by an uncle and aunt in the large Irish country-house. He was known to be incredibly patriotic and became an equally fervent supporter of Irish independence. He ended his life in front of an Irish firing-squad as an IRA rebel in 1922

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin Series
Classics Series
Penguin Classics
Penguin books
Penguin fiction
Penguin twentieth-century classics
AuthorErskine Childers
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherPenguin Books, 1978
ISBN0141181656, 9780141181653
Length326 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Alternative History
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
Fiction / Sea Stories
Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
  
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