One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is 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 boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England...
Like much contemporary British spy fiction, The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early twentieth century, and the intricacy of the bookβs conception a
Like much contemporary British spy fiction, The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early twentieth century, and the intricacy of the bookβs conception a
The Riddle of the Sands
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Like much contemporary British spy fiction, The Riddle of the Sands reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early twentieth century, and the intricacy of the bookβs conception and its lucid detail make it a classic of its genre.
- ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ 400
- ΠΠ΅Ρ, Π³ 219
- Π Π°Π·ΠΌΠ΅Ρ 2x10x15.8
- ΠΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ 2017
- ID ΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ° 2633817