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The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service / Erskine Childers ; edited with an introduction by David Trotter ; notes by Anna Snaith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191563706
  • 0191563706
  • 9780191503351
  • 0191503355
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Riddle of the sands.DDC classification:
  • 823/.912 22
LOC classification:
  • PR6005.H52 R52 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Robert Erskine Childers; THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS; Explanatory Notes; Nautical Glossary
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (page xx).

Print version record.

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

English.

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