The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service A Penguin Enriched eBook Classic
Jan 2011 · Sold by Penguin
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The Riddle of the Sands, a work of espionage and military strategy, centers on Davies and Carruthers, a minor official in the Foreign Office, and their suspicion of a German plot to invade England. Navigating a tiny sail boat up a sandbank-ridden waterway, Davies and Carruthers explore the shallow tide beaches and stumble upon a mysterious site rumored to be the place of hidden treasure. Refusing to heed the warnings of a German navy patrol boat, Davies and Carruthers continue on, but the plot thickens as Davies falls in love with the daughter of the supposed mastermind behind the invasion plot.
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March 13, 2012
One of my very favourite books. I am an elderly Brit and I love everything about this book. The sea, the estuaries, the boats, the characters and the message. How correct!
Erskine Childers was a most interesting man - Cleck of the House of Commons and then in WW! shot by us Brits. What a shameful tragedy!
About the author
Milt Bearden was chief of the CIA’s Soviet/East European division at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. He received the Donovan Award and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA’s highest honor, and is the author of The Black Tulip (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and co-author of The Main Enemy (published in 2003 by Random House).
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