The Riddle of the Sands (1903) - Erskine Childers

Category: Action, Classic, Thriller
Language: English
Keywords: Classics Espionage Spy

Written by Erskine Childers
Read by Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Riddle of the Sands
By: Erskine Childers
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 30-10-2008
Language: English
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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.
©2001 Mary Daheim (P)2002 Blackstone Audio, Inc.