num_pages: 112
description: 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. Bored with his life in London, a young man accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the Baltic. The story builds in excitement as these two young adventurers discover a German plot to invade England.
language: English
title: The Riddle of the Sands
titlecomplete: The Riddle of the Sands (Oxford Bookworms)
ratings_count: 49
publisher: Oxford University Press