The framing device, where Childers pretends to be an editor presenting a factual account, only adds to the believability of the story. Childers carefully interweaves fiction with real-world places, events, and politics, making for an extremely convincing story of invasionâso convincing that some (perhaps erroneously) credit the novel with spurring the creation of new English naval bases. The Riddle of the Sands is one of the earliest examples of the spy novel genre, and became hugely popular shortly after its publication.
Standard Ebooksġ10,622 words (6 hours 43 minutes) with a reading ease of 70.63 (fairly easy) For more info, click here.The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. – The Guardian Godine Publisher is distributed to the trade by Two Rivers Distribution, an Ingram brand. Out of context, the story of Erskine Childers’s The Riddle of the Sands sounds like a bog standard thriller, but that’s because so many books are pale echoes of this exceptional novel. In fact, it was perceived as so accurate in its portrayal of the German naval threat and to England’s vulnerability that it influenced the placement of multiple naval bases by Winston Churchill after its publication. Immensely popular in the years leading up to World War I, The Riddle of the Sands is a precisely drawn and geographically accurate adventure that, in addition to its captivating narrative, rich characters, and salty nautical details, was totally realistic, and prophetic in its exposure of British naval weaknesses. Together, the two unravel a subtle and shocking plot against their own homeland. He requires the help of Carruthers’s quick wit and native-level fluency in German to determine why. Far from the luxurious cruise Carruthers has in mind, shortly after his arrival, Davies explains that a man made a covert attempt on his life. Even as the standard sailing season comes to a close, and the cold of October approaches, Carruthers agrees to join Davies for a bit of sailing and duck hunting on the Frisian Coast of the North Sea.
Our heroes here are former Oxford pals Charles Carruthers, a minor official in the British Foreign Office, and Arthur Davies, an yachtsman who doesn’t appear to have any formal profession apart from exploring obscure coasts and sandbanks, with a penchant for chucking his belongings overboard and running aground on purpose. Described by bestselling thriller novelist Ken Follett as “the first modern thriller,” The Riddle of the Sands set the mold for the contemporary spy novel.
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