The Riddle of the Sands (Hardcover, New Edition)

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. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England ...Like much contemporary British spy fiction, The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early twentieth century, and the intricacy of the book's conception and its lucid detail make it a classic of its genre. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Erskine Childers' The Riddle of the Sands features maps drawn from Childers' originals and an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

General

Imprint:	Macmillan Collector's Library
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Macmillan Collector's Library, 154
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Erskine Childers
Introduction by:	Ned Halley
Dimensions:	157 x 104 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
Edition:	New Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-5098-4315-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
LSN:	1-5098-4315-9
Barcode:	9781509843152

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