The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service

Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922.

The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service Erskine Childers. - London : Penguin, 2007 - ix, 332 pages : maps ; 18 cm. - Red classics .

A story set in the background of inshore sailing and evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.

9780141031279


Secret service--Fiction.
Sailing--Fiction.


Great Britain--History--Invasions--Fiction.
Frisian Islands--Fiction.

PR 6005.H52 / .R431 2007