by Erskine Childers · Dover Publications · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780486408798
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«The Riddle of the Sands» is Erskine Childers's spy novel, published by Dover Publications in paperback (256 pages, in English).
The work follows two young Englishmen, Davies and Carruthers, who at the end of the 19th century plan a sailing and duck-hunting vacation in the Baltic Sea. Davies confides to his friend his suspicions of espionage in the North Frisian Islands, and the excursion becomes an investigation full of suspense and nautical detail.
Work originally published in 1903. This Dover Thrift Editions edition includes an introduction by Norman Donaldson.
Intended for fans of the spy novel, classic suspense and historical fiction set before World War I.
Erskine Barton Childers was an Irish writer, BBC correspondent and United Nations senior civil servant.
