The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service /

One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England. This edition is complemented by a fine introduction whi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922
Otros Autores: Trotter, David, 1951-, Snaith, Anna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Colección:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Temas:
Secret service > Fiction.
Sailing > Fiction.
Service secret > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > General.
Invasions of Great Britain
Sailing
Secret service
Great Britain > History > Invasions > Fiction.
Frisian Islands > Fiction.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Invasions > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Frise, Îles de la > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Europe > Frisian Islands
Great Britain
Sea stories.
Sea stories
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Action and adventure fiction
Fiction
History
Adventure fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England. This edition is complemented by a fine introduction which examines the novel in its political and historical context.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 277 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (page xx).
ISBN:9780191563706
0191563706
9780191503351
0191503355

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