The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service

ISBN-13: 9780199549719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str.

Erskine Childers

Opis

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. Bored with his life in London, a young man accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the North Sea. A vivid exploration of the mysteries of seamanship, the story builds in excitement as these two young adventurers discover a German plot to invade England.
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Recenzje

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Carruthers' development from fashionable young man-about-town to patriotic amateur spy ... This one undoubtedly deserves its status as a classic of espionage fiction. Leah Galbraith, FictionFan

O autorze

David Trotter is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College, London.