RIDDLE OF THE SANDS A Record of Secret Service.A CLASSIC SPY THRILLER.

CHILDERS, ERSKING.;.DONALDSON, NORMAN new introduction

ISBN 10: 0486232808 / ISBN 13: 9780486232805

Published by Dover Pubns 1903,1976, NY, 1903

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VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK.clean, solid,bright; WHITE titles to glossy BLUE paper covers. showing SEVERAL SMALL SAILBOATS ON FOAMY RAGING SEA, NEAR SHORE, LIGHTHOUSES. ***THIS IS NOT THE LATER SIMILAR REPRINT WITH QUIET WATERS COVER ART.NOTE***HAS 14 PAGE INTRO BY DONALDSON & DOVER PRESS*** ; 284 pages; INTRIGUING & BAFFLING TALE IS A CLASSIC OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY DETECTIVE FICTION.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RIDDLE OF THE SANDS A Record of Secret Service.A CLASSIC SPY THRILLER.
• Publisher: Dover Pubns 1903,1976, NY
• Publication Date: 1903
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486232808
• ISBN 13: 9780486232805
• Binding: paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by BOATS AT SEA COVER ART& MAPS & CHARTS
• Edition: UNABRIDGED REPUBLICATION EDITION.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Carruthers is summoned to the Baltic by his friend, an accomplished yachtsman, who reveals his suspicions concerning German activity in the North Frisian Islands

From the Inside Flap

While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Written by Childers--who served in the Royal Navy during World War I--as a wake-up call to the British government to attend to its North Sea defenses, "The Riddle of the Sands accomplished that task and has been considered a classic of espionage literature ever since, praised as much for its nautical action as for its suspenseful spycraft.