The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Childers, Erskine

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9780141031279: The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (Penguin Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0141031271 ISBN 13: 9780141031279

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2007

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The Riddle of the Sands The First Modern Spy Thriller: The Riddle of the Sands Two sail-boaters are cruising off the coast of Germany on a vacation. To their amazement they discover a German military exercise-a trial-run for the invasion of England. From that starting point we are whisked through a series of mysteries, bluffs, counter-bluffs, and wild nautical maneuvers as our sail-boaters try to learn more and get their... Full description

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"The best story of adventure published in the last quarter of a century." --John Buchan, author, "The Thirty-Nine Steps"

"A thriller anticipating Frederick Forsyth and Len Deighton . . . never loses pace." --"Independent on Sunday"

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'The best story of adventure published in the last quarter of a century' John Buchan

The perennial classic. Arguably the first spy novel ever written remains one of the finest examples of the genre to this day.

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