The riddle of the sands
Subtitle: a record of secret service
By: Erskine Childers ; introduced by David Trotter.
Series: Oxford popular fiction
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Secret service -- Fiction; Sailing -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History -- Invasions -- Fiction; Frisian Islands -- Fiction
Description: 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. A vivid exploration of the mysteries of seamanship, the story builds in excitement as together the two adventurers discover a German plot to invade England.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.