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This novel is an account of the adventures of the effete Foreign Office high-flyer, Carruthers, and his friend Davies as they explore the mudflats and sandbanks of the Friesian Islands at the beginning of the 20th century. What they find has implications for the safety of England.
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" This is a book of great renown. . . . Its beautifully sustained atmosphere . . . adds poetry, and . . . real mystery." -- Ian Fleming
This is a book of great renown. . . . Its beautifully sustained atmosphere . . . adds poetry, and . . . real mystery. Ian Fleming"
"This is a book of great renown. . . . Its beautifully sustained atmosphere . . . adds poetry, and . . . real mystery." --Ian Fleming
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Milt Bearden was chief of the CIA's Soviet/East European division at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. He received the Donovan Award and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA's highest honor, and is the author of The Black Tulip (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and co-author of The Main Enemy (published in 2003 by Random House).
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. The Riddle of the Sands. Slight wear to spine. Slight crease to corner back cover. This book is regarded as the first great modern spy story. It is an account of the adventures of the effete Foreign Office high-flyer Carruthers and his driend Davies as they explore the mudflats and sandbanks of the Friesian Islands at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. What they find there, and the resultimng implications for the safety of England make gripping reading. Set against the Anglo-German Naval Race of the early years of the century. this bok, published in 1903, had an immense influence on both the official and popular imagination of the time. 244 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 094093
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