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The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers · 1902

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While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Written by Childers—who served in the Royal Navy during World War I—as a wake-up call to the British government to attend to its North Sea defenses, The Riddle of the Sandsaccomplished that task and has been considered a classic of espionage literature ever since, praised as much for its nautical action as for its suspenseful spycraft.

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British mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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nauticalnauticalMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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EuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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