When Carruthers, bored with the London summer and the monotony of his job at the Foreign Office, accepts an invitation from his friend Davies to go on a Baltic cruise, he does not know that he has started an adventure as dangerous as it is extraordinary. . The yacht turns out to be a rickety boat, and as they navigate the treacherous, shifting sands and waters of the islands aboard the "Dulcibella", Carruthers understands that the aim of the curious expedition is not exactly to hunt ducks, and that his knowledge of German ...
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When Carruthers, bored with the London summer and the monotony of his job at the Foreign Office, accepts an invitation from his friend Davies to go on a Baltic cruise, he does not know that he has started an adventure as dangerous as it is extraordinary. . The yacht turns out to be a rickety boat, and as they navigate the treacherous, shifting sands and waters of the islands aboard the "Dulcibella", Carruthers understands that the aim of the curious expedition is not exactly to hunt ducks, and that his knowledge of German they have an unsuspected utility. However, as challenges arise, he becomes enthused by his friend's courage and temperance, discovering within himself new strengths and an unknown moral sense. "El engima de las arenas" has gone down in the history of literature as the first sample of the espionage novel. The presentation of the invasion of Great Britain by the Germans, which would later be confirmed in the Second World War, and the warning about the shortcomings of the British defenses, made the novel a resounding and continued success.
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