Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (Penguin Popular Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Erskine Childers

ISBN 10

0140621431

ISBN 13

9780140621433

Tags

Classics, Espionage, Literature

Description

Childers' lone masterpiece, "The Riddle of the Sands", considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognizable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavor comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war. - from Amzon

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