The riddle of the sands : a record of secret service / Erskine Childers ; edited with an introduction by David Trotter ; notes by Anna Snaith.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922.

Contributor:

• Trotter, David, 1951-
• Snaith, Anna.
• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
• Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• History.
• Great Britain--History--Invasions--Fiction.
• Frisian Islands--Fiction.
• Secret service--Fiction.
• Secret service.
• Great Britain.
• Sailing--Fiction.
• Sailing.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Alternative histories (Fiction)
• Adventure fiction.
• Sea stories.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 277 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Tempted by the idea of duck shooting, Carruthers joins his friend Davies on a yachting expedition in the Baltic. But Davies has more on his mind than killing fowl. As they navigate the waters and treacherous, shifting sands on board the Dulcibella, Carruthers learns the real reason behind their trip and how the safety of Britain depends on it.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [xx]).

ISBN:

• 0192823183
• 9780192823182
• 0192833472
• 9780192833471

OCLC:

38856189