The riddle of the sands a record of secret service recently achieved
Davies is on to a secret German invasion plot. He persuades Carruthers to sail with him around the Baltic and into unknown waters to find out what is going on. 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. In sp...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Macmillan Collector's Library
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Davies is on to a secret German invasion plot. He persuades Carruthers to sail with him around the Baltic and into unknown waters to find out what is going on. 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. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England… Like much contemporary British spy fiction, The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early 20th century, and the intricacy of its conception and its lucid detail make it a classic of its genre. This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition features maps drawn from Childers’ originals and an afterword by Ned Halley. |
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| Beschreibung: | Reissued by Macmillan Collector's Library First published 1903 |
| Beschreibung: | 397 Seiten Illustrationen 16 cm |
| ISBN: | 1509843159 1-5098-4315-9 9781509843152 978-1-5098-4315-2 |