The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service / Erskine Childers ; edited with an introduction by David Trotter ; notes by Anna Snaith.
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TextSeries: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 277 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780191563706
- 0191563706
- 9780191503351
- 0191503355
- Great Britain -- History -- Invasions -- Fiction
- Frisian Islands -- Fiction
- Secret service -- Fiction
- Sailing -- Fiction
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- Invasions -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Frise, Îles de la -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Service secret -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- FICTION -- General
- Invasions of Great Britain
- Sailing
- Secret service
- Europe -- Frisian Islands
- Great Britain
- 823/.912 22
- PR6005.H52 R52 1998eb
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Includes bibliographical references (page xx).
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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. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England. This edition is complemented by a fine introduction which examines the novel in its political and historical context.
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Robert Erskine Childers; THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS; Explanatory Notes; Nautical Glossary
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