The Riddle of the Sands set the mold for the contemporary spy novel. Sailing the Frisian Islands, the two unravel a plot by the Germans to invade England sharply prescient, this 1903 novel accurately predicted the threat posed by Germany in WWII, which would not materialize until years after Childerss death. About the Book Described by bestselling novelist Ken Follett as the first modern thriller, The Riddle of the Sands follows Charles Carruthers, a minor official in the British foreign office, and his friend from his Oxford days, Arthur Davies, as a sailing holiday quickly takes a dangerous turn.
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