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The Riddle of the Sands - A Record of Secret Service - Erskine Childers - The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction. It has been made into both a film and TV film. The novel owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain. It was a spy novel that established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story

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Author:   Erskine Childers
Publisher:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint:   Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781494229610

ISBN 10:   1494229617
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   21 November 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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