The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
The Riddle of the Sands (1903) by Erskine Childers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers) is an early spy/adventure novel set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant, Carruthers, is finding it hard to endure the emptiness and boredom of his life in London. He accepts […]
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