Books Like Riddle Of The Sands. The Riddle of the Sands book. The Riddle of the Sands caused a sensation when it appeared in 1903 with statesmen and soldiers drawn into a debate about Britains readiness to repulse a naval invasion.
Set before World War I this enthralling novel pitches two amateur sailors against the secret forces of mighty Germany. While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. For anyone reading Geoffrey Knights books and looking for something other than a great story that is larger-than-life with sexy hunky men and thrilling adventure then I suggest you take a pass.
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The Riddle of the Sands Illustrated. Erskine Childers author - Wikipedia Robert Erskine Childers DSC 25 June 1870 24 November 1922 usually known as Erskine Childers was an English-born Irish writer whose works included the influential novel 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. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England.