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1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 22 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Simon Vance. |
| Summary |
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 1902 lone masterpiece by World War I Royal Navy officer Erskine Childers was written 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 Carré. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- Invasions -- Fiction.
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Frisian Islands -- Fiction.
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Secret service -- Fiction.
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Sailing -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Alternative histories (Fiction)
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Adventure fiction.
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Sea stories.
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| Added Author |
Vance, Simon.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982424930 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982424931 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10026449 |
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