Sign-In
Cart
The Riddle of the Sands
Paperback
Publisher Price: $29.95
Publisher: Lushena Books
Published: Nov 10 2025
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.76 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers (1903) is one of the earliest spy novels, combining adventure, mystery, and political intrigue.
The story follows Carruthers, a bored British civil servant, who accepts an invitation from his friend Davies to go sailing in the North Sea. What begins as a simple boating holiday soon turns into a thrilling investigation when Davies reveals his suspicion that the Germans are planning a secret invasion of England through the Frisian Islands.
As the two men navigate dangerous waters and uncover coded clues, they risk their lives to expose the plot. The novel's realistic detail of sailing and geography made it famous and influential in both spy fiction and British naval awareness before World War I.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Erskine Childers
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Plath, Sylvia
Paperback
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Musil, Robert
Agee, Joel
Paperback