Described by Ken Follett as "the first modern thriller", The Riddle of the Sands is the best-known sailing narrative and a true classic. It was recently ranked 37th in The Observer's list of the 100 Greatest Novels of the past 300 years. Winston Churchill even credited it for the Admiralty's decisio
Riddle of the Sands
โ Scribed by Childers, Erskine; Trotter, David; Trotter, David
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press;[Andrews]
- Year
- 1998;2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 558 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1781667292
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
While on a boating trip, a foppish Foreign Office official and his friend uncover German plans for an invasion of England. Originally published to draw attention to pre-World War I German militarism, this book is the first spy thriller to be considered literature, and led to the reorganization of British Naval Intelligence.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Childers' lone masterpiece, "The Riddle of the Sands", considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and
SUMMARY: The second book in the highly acclaimed Pellinor series Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, pursued by both the Light and the Dark, are seeking the Riddle of the Treesong - the key to restoring peace in t
The second epic fantasy adventure in The Books of Pellinor. Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor Cadvan, pursued by both the Light and the Dark, are seeking the Riddle of the Treesong. This mysterious Riddle holds the key to
A Brazilian _Lord of the Flies_ , about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia They call themselves "Captains of the Sands," a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old
Drawn to a desert world by the legacy of a traitor, the crew of the TFR Beijing discover something abandoned, something forgotten... something mysterious.Buddha once said, "An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast...... for a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil fri