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Riddle of the Sands

โœ 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

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โœฆ 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.


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