The Riddle of the Sands
| By: | Robert Erskine Childers |
| Publisher: | Andrews UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9781781667293 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781781667293 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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One of the earliest spy thriller novels, The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service was written in 1903 by Irish author Robert Erskine Childers. Charles Carruthers, a minor British Foreign Office official, is recruited by an acquaintance to a top secret mission to foil a German invasion plan. The book was somewhat prescient, being published a decade before the outbreak of the First World War.