| The Riddle of the Sands Contributor(s): Childers, Erskine (Author), Vance, Simon (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433267705 ISBN-13: 9781433267703 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Two Englishmen, while cruising in the Baltic, discover German preparations for an invasion of England. Written in 1902, this suspenseful tale is widely recognized as the first modern spy thriller. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs) 1 pages |
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| Publisher Description: While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Widely recognized as the first modern spy thriller, this lone masterpiece by World War I Royal Navy officer Erskine Childers was written in 1903 as a wake-up call to the British government to attend to its North Sea defenses. It accomplished that task and has been considered a classic of espionage literature ever since. Praised for its nautical action and richly authentic background as much as for its suspenseful spycraft, The Riddle of the Sands is the brilliant forerunner to the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. |
Contributor Bio(s): Childers, Erskine: - Erskine Childers (1870-1922) was an Irish nationalist and novelist. He was the editor of the Cambridge Review and the author of the influential novel Riddle of the Sands, which the Observer listed as one of the "100 Greatest Novels of All Time." It is considered by many to be the first spy novel. Vance, Simon: -Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over forty Earphones Awards. He has won thirteen prestigious Audie Awards and was Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. |