![]() Filmed at least twice, most memorably in 1979 by director Tony Maylam with Michael York, Jenny Agutter, and Simon MacCorkindale. His son and namesake was later elected President of the Republic of Ireland. When he failed to support the Anglo-Irish Treaty after the Civil War, Childers was executed in the Free State by firing squad. The English-born Childers moved permanently to Ireland after serving in the British Navy in the First World War. The protagonist navigates the marshes and channels of northwestern Europe in order to investigate German war preparations. This novel is often referred to as the first modern spy novel, a fascinating story of suspense and espionage about the dangers that Great Britain was exposed to from the German Navy in the years leading up to the First World War. Owner name, foxing at the foredge and endpapers, and ever so slightly cocked with very light wear, else near fine. Library of Congress 88 Books That Shaped America.Johnson Highspot of American Literature.Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Achievement.What makes a book an "Antiquarian Book"? Erskine Childers (18701922) wrote The Riddle of the Sands, his only novel, upon his return from the Second Boer War, for which he volunteered for action. ![]()
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