The Riddle of the Sands - Softcover

Childers, Erskine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479137588 ISBN 13: 9781479137589

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The Riddle of the Sands: a Record of Secret Service is a classic early example of the espionage novel, with a strong underlying theme of militarism. It has been made into a Hollywood film and TV film.

As a novel it owes much to the adventure genre, and perhaps more significantly, it was a spy novel that established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story – the same ploy that would be used so well by John Buchan, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and many others. Ken Follett called it "the first modern thriller." The Observer, in a list published to coincide with the Big Read campaign in 2003, listed the book at number thirty-seven in "The 100 Greatest Novels" from the past 300 years.

"The first and best of spy stories"--The Times

About this title

Product Description:

1st Pan X176 1963 edition paperback vg condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Review:

"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"

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1479137588
• ISBN 13: 9781479137589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258