Riddle of the Sands : A Record of Secret Service

by Childers, Erskine; Household, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780141181653
• ISBN10: 0141181656
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Two young Englishmen encounter suspicious German naval activity in the North Sea and enter a world of suspense and intrigue. One of the best spy novels ever written, this 1903 thriller is notable for its richness of detail about sailing and unsurpassed narrative style. Introduction by Norman Donaldson. 4 maps.

Table of Contents

Oxford World's Classics	p. ii
Introduction	p. vii
Note on the Text	p. xix
Select Bibliography	p. xx
A Chronology of Robert Erskine Childers	p. xxi
Preface to the Present Edition	p. 2
Preface to the Original Edition	p. 3
Note	p. 5
the Letter	p. 11
the Dulcibella	p. 17
Davies	p. 28
Retrospect	p. 36
Retrospect	p. 43
Retrospect	p. 50
Retrospect	p. 56
the Theory	p. 67
I Sign Articles	p. 77
His Chance	p. 85
the Pathfinders	p. 92
My Initiation	p. 99
My Initiation	p. 108
the First Night in the Islands	p. 113
Bensersiel	p. 120
Commander Von Brüning	p. 126
Commander Von Brüning	p. 138
Imperial Escort	p. 148
the Rubicon	p. 153
the Little Drab Book	p. 164
the Little Drab Book	p. 173
the Quartette	p. 186
a Change of Tactics	p. 196
a Change of Tactics	p. 207
a Change of Tactics	p. 220
the Seven Siels	p. 230
the Luck of the Stowaway	p. 240
the Luck of the Stowaway	p. 252
Epilogue by the Editor	p. 260
Explanatory Notes	p. 269
Nautical Glossary	p. 275
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