TY - BOOK AU - Childers,Erskine AU - Trotter,David AU - Snaith,Anna TI - The riddle of the sands: a record of secret service T2 - Oxford world's classics SN - 9780191563706 AV - PR6005.H52 R52 1998eb U1 - 823/.912 22 PY - 1998/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Secret service KW - Fiction KW - Sailing KW - Service secret KW - Romans, nouvelles, etc KW - FICTION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Invasions of Great Britain KW - fast KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Invasions KW - Frisian Islands KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Histoire KW - Frise, Îles de la KW - Europe KW - Sea stories KW - Electronic books KW - Alternative histories (Fiction) KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - gsafd KW - Adventure fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page xx); Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Robert Erskine Childers; THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS; Explanatory Notes; Nautical Glossary N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=363602 ER -