The Riddle of the Sands

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Grafton, 1986 - Fiction - 280 pages
"The first modern thriller," Riddle of the Sands enjoyed immense popularity when first published and has been named the second best spy novel of all time by The Daily Telegraph and one of the ten classic spy novels by The Guardian. Best-selling author Ken Follett describes it as "an open-air adventure thriller about two young men who stumble upon a German armada preparing to invade England."

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Contents

PREFACE
11
THE LETTER
15
THE DULCIBELLA
21
Copyright

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