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The Riddle of the Sands
Overview
The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is an early example of the espionage novel, with a strong underlying theme of militarism. Carruthers, a minor official in the Foreign Office is contacted by an acquaintance, Davies, asking him to join in a yachting holiday in the German Frisian islands. Carruthers agrees, as his other plans for a holiday have fallen through. He arrives to find that Davies has a small sailing boat, not the comfortable crewed yacht that he expected. Davies gradually reveals that he suspects that the Germans are undertaking something sinister in the area
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781617201325
- ISBN-10: 1617201324
- Publisher: SMK Books
- Publish Date: January 2011
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.62 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.89 pounds
- Page Count: 274
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