Robert Erskine Childers was born in London to a Protestant Irish family. He wrote his only novel, The Riddle of the Sands, upon his return from the Second Boer War, for which he volunteered for action. He later became a fervent Irish nationalist, and was executed in 1922 by the authorities of the newly independent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War.
Robert Giddings is a well-established literary critic who regularly reviews for many publications including the Sunday Times, the Guardian and the New Statesman.
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Written in 1903 by the active and ultimately executed Irish republican Erskine Childers, ‘The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service’ unfolds the story of a minor official in the Foreign Off …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
'The best story of adventure published in the last quarter of a century' John Buchan The perennial classic. Arguably the first spy novel ever written remains one of the finest examples of t …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Davies is suspicious about what would motivate the Germans to try to kill him when he saw something unusual around Frisian islands in the Baltic sea. Having failed to interest anyone in the governmen …
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Erskine Childers: The Collected Works of Erskine Childers
This comprehensive e Book presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Riddle of …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Considered the first proper spy novel, Riddle of the Sands is about two blokes floating about in a boat who suspect Germany is plotting an invasion from the Frisian Islands. The story may be fiction, …
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Erskine Childers & Dream Classics: The Riddle of the Sands (Dream Classics)
The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a patriotic British 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is a novel that ‘owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Hagga …
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Marcel Allain & Grant Allen: 30 Suspense and Thriller Masterpieces you have to read in your life (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics)
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
In October last (1902), my friend ‘Carruthers’ visited me in my chambers, and, under a provisional pledge of secrecy, told me frankly the whole of the adventure described in these pages. Till then I …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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 …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
`About this coast… In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.’ Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered mo …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands – With Audio Level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library
A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Peter Hawkins. When Carruthers joins his frie …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands Level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library
A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Peter Hawkins. When Carruthers joins his friend Arthur Davies on his yacht Dulcibella, he is expecting a pleasant s …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
In the rough waters of the North Sea, two sailors fight to save Britain Charles Carruthers is languishing in the crushing heat of a London summer when an old university chum named Davies throws him a …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Framework of Home Rule
Robert Erskine Childers, universally known as Erskine Childers, was the author of the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands and an Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing ya …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Robert Erskine Childers, universally known as Erskine Childers, was the author of the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands and an Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing ya …
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Erskine Childers: In the Ranks of the C.I.V.
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), universally known as Erskine Childers, was the author of the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands and an Irish nationalist who smug …
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Erskine Erskine: The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a patriotic British 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is a novel that ‘owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Hagga …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
Childers’s lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its uniq …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
The Riddle of the Sands is the first modern English espionage novel. Long before World War I, but in an atmosphere of growing mistrust between Britain and Germany, two English sailors stumble into a …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Riddle of the Sands is the first modern English espionage novel. Long before World War I, but in an at …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
The first modern spy novel and a must-read for espionage junkies and fans of James Bond and John Le Carr . When Carruthers receives a letter from his friend Davies suggesting a Baltic sailing trip, t …
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Erskine Childers: Riddle Of The Sands
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers is a novel published in 1903 that belongs to military fiction or "invasion novels." It predicts pre-First-World-War threats of German invasion of …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
‘The Riddle of the Sands’ was published in May 1903, and it has probably sold more than two million copies in its lifetime. Its author Erskine Childers was infuriated when it was described as fiction …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Loosely based on the author’s own experiences, The Riddle of the Sands takes readers back to the early days of the twentieth century, when Britain shared a tense rivalry with the Kaiser’s …
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Erskine Childers & Ryan Desmond: German Influence on British Cavalry
First published in 1911, this vintage book contains an fascinating account of how British cavalry was influenced by German practices and techniques at the turn of the twentieth century. Contents incl …
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Erskine Childers & Ryan Desmond: In the Ranks of the C. I. V. – A Narrative and Diary of Personal Experiences with the C. I. V. Battery (Honourable Artillery Company) in South Africa
“In the Ranks of the C.I.V.” is a 1900 account by Erskine Childers of his time spent as part of an artillery company in the South African Wars (1879–1915). This volume will appeal to those with an in …
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Erskine Childers & Ryan Desmond: The Riddle of the Sands
“The Riddle of the Sands – A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved” is a 1903 novel by British-born Irish writer Erskine Childers (1870–1922). “The Riddle of the Sands” is a nautical tale of a t …
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Erskine Childers & Ryan Desmond: War and the Arme Blanche
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) was a British-born Irish writer. In his early career, he was a notable military historian and critic, famously writing an account of the Boer War for which he was …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Clouds of Witness
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Gaudy Night
Oxford is full of memories—and threats of murder—for Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey in this mystery that “stands out even among Miss Sayers’s novels” (The Times Lite …
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Grant Allen & William Andrew Johnston: 20 Must-Read Thriller Novels
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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E. Philips Oppenheim & Arthur Conan Doyle: THE SECRET SERVICE – Spy Thrillers Boxed Set
Get in the action with some old school spy thrillers and true secret service stories: Introduction: The World’s Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents (George Barton) My Adventures as a Sp …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Carruthers, a minor official in the Foreign Office, is contacted by an acquaintance, Davies, asking him to join in a yachting holiday in the Baltic Sea. Carruthers agrees, as his other plans for a ho …
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John Buchan & E. Philips Oppenheim: Stay Undercover (Spy Books Boxed Set)
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John Buchan & E. Philips Oppenheim: SPY THRILLERS – Boxed Set
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Erskine Childers: In the Ranks of the C.I.V
Erskine Childers’ ‘In the Ranks of the C.I.V’ is a gripping tale set in the context of the Anglo-Boer War that showcases his remarkable literary style. The book delves into the experiences of the aut …
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Erskine Childers: War and the Arme Blanche
Erskine Childers’ book ‘War and the Arme Blanche’ delves into the military tactics and strategies of the British army, particularly focusing on the use of traditional cavalry in modern warfare. Child …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Spy Thriller)
Erskine Childers’ novel ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ is a captivating spy thriller set in the early 20th century that combines gripping suspense with meticulous attention to detail. The story follows th …
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E. Philips Oppenheim & Arthur Conan Doyle: The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection (77 Books in One Volume)
The ‘Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection’ brings together 77 seminal works from the annals of espionage literature. Curated to showcase a wide variety of approaches to spy fiction, the anthology sp …
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Erskine Childers: German Influence on British Cavalry
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Marcel Allain & Grant Allen: 30 Suspense and Thriller Masterpieces
Anthologie contenant : A Royal Prisoner par Marcel Allain The Thames Valley Catastrophe par Grant Allen Mr Standfast par John Buchan Greenmantle par John Buchan The Island of Sheep par John Buchan Th …
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: Zagadka piaszczystych ławic: Dziennik tajnej operacji na Morzu Północnym
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Erskine Childers: Das Rätsel der Sandbank
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Erskine Childers: War and the Arme Blanche
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James Fenimore Cooper & John Buchan: Espionage Thriller Anthology
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James Fenimore Cooper & John Buchan: The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection (77 Books in One Volume)
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James Fenimore Cooper & John Buchan: SPY THRILLERS – Boxed Set
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Spy Thriller)
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Erskine Childers: In the Ranks of the C.I.V
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James Fenimore Cooper & John Buchan: SPY THRILLERS – Boxed Set
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
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Erskine Childers: The Complete Works of Erskine Childers
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Erskine Childers: Riddle Of The Sands A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved
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Erskine Childers: Riddle of the Sands
Described by Ken Follett as "the first modern thriller", The Riddle of the Sandsis the best-known sailing narrative and a true classic. It was recentlyranked 37th in The Observer’s list of …
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Erskine Childers: Framework of Home Rule
"The Framework of Home Rule" is an ancient nonfiction story book written by Erskine Childers. Childers’ paintings, set against the context of the early twentieth century, whilst tensions be …
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