The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service
Childers, Erskine, 1870-19222008
Book
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. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England.
Main title:
The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service / Erskine Childers.
Edition:
[New ed.] / edited with an introduction by David Trotter /notes by Anna Snaith.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
xxii, 277 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1998.Includes bibliographical references (p. xx).
ISBN:
9780199549719 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Language:
English
BRN:
1429351