The Riddle Of The Sands is a classic adventure novel written by Erskine Childers. The book follows the story of two friends, Carruthers and Davies, who embark on a sailing trip across the North Sea. As they journey through the treacherous waters, they stumble upon a mysterious plot to invade England by the Germans. The two friends must work together to uncover the truth behind the plot and stop the invasion before it's too late.The novel is set in the early 1900s and provides a fascinating insight into the political ...
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The Riddle Of The Sands is a classic adventure novel written by Erskine Childers. The book follows the story of two friends, Carruthers and Davies, who embark on a sailing trip across the North Sea. As they journey through the treacherous waters, they stumble upon a mysterious plot to invade England by the Germans. The two friends must work together to uncover the truth behind the plot and stop the invasion before it's too late.The novel is set in the early 1900s and provides a fascinating insight into the political tensions and military strategies of the time. The story is full of suspense and intrigue as the two friends navigate through dangerous waters and encounter unexpected obstacles along the way.The Riddle Of The Sands is widely considered to be one of the first spy novels ever written and has been praised for its realistic depiction of sailing and seafaring life. The book is a thrilling adventure story that will keep readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.I didn't get at much that night. It was all so sudden. The only thing I could have sworn to from the first was that he had purposely left me in the lurch that day. I pieced out the rest in the next few days, which I'll just finish with as shortly as I can. Bartels came aboard next morning, and though it was blowing hard still we managed to shift the Dulcibella to a place where she dried safely at the mid-day low water, and we could get at her rudder.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Add this copy of The Riddle of the Sands to cart. $74.40, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
THIS IS A GREAT READ. TOO BAD CHILDERS DID NOT WRITE MORE. I ALSO HAVE THE VIDEO--GOOD MOVIE. ACCURATE. GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE-ON-ONE AND SUSPENSEFUL STORY.
Tompy
Mar 31, 2011
A good story
This was billed as the first of the spy stories, and it lived up to that quite well. Also if you like sea stories you would enjoy it just for that. The characters were well developed, and the plot quite suspenseful.
simor
Oct 1, 2009
I was first introduced to Riddle of the Sands as a young girl; over the years I have taken it from the library every so often to reread and finally decided I should own a copy. Anyone who enjoys suspenseful adventure/spy stories free of modern, super-hero flash will love this jewel. (Having some sailing experience does help.)
