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An edition of The Riddle of the Sands (1903)

The riddle of the sands

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Childers's lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization,richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.

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Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
229

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Subjects
Great britain, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, alternative history, Fiction, sea stories, Large type books, Fiction, Invasions, History, Secret service, Sailing, British, Classic Literature, Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, espionage, General, Invasions of Great Britain, English Spy stories, Secret service -- Fiction, Sailing -- Fiction, Spy fiction, Alternative histories (Fiction), Adventure fiction, Sea stories, Great Britain -- History -- Invasions -- Fiction, Frisian Islands -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History, Europe -- Frisian Islands, Great Britain, Readers, English language, juvenile literature
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Great Britain, Frisian Islands, Europe

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THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS. A RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE. BY ERSKINE CHILDERS. FOREW. BY ERSKINE HAMILTON CHILDERS. INTROD. BY THE EARL OF LONGFORD
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1915, Dodd, Mead & co.

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"Includes an introduction written by Norman Donaldson for the 1976 Dover edition"--T.p. verso.

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Mineola, N.Y
Series
Dover thrift editions
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6005.H52 R52 1999, PR6005.H52R52 1999, PR6005.H52 R52 2011

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Pagination
xv, 229 p. :
Number of pages
229

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OL39937M
ISBN 10
0486408795
LCCN
99029902, 2010048576
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21291
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753007

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I HAVE read of men who, when forced by their calling to live for long periods in utter solitude-save for a few black faces-have made it a rule to dress regularly for dinner in order to maintain their self-respect and prevent a relapse into barbarism.
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