The Riddle of the Sands
By Erskine Childers
Cover: Scheveningse bommen voor anker (19th century), oil on canvas by Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1915)
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 feature-length films for both cinema and television.
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Table of contents
- 1: The Letter
- 2: Chapter 2
- 3: Davies
- 4: Retrospect
- 5: Wanted, a North Wind
- 6: Schlei Fiord
- 7: The Missing Page
- 8: The Theory
- 9: I Sign Articles
- 10: His Chance
- 11: The Pathfinders
- 12: My Initiation
- 13: Chapter 13
- 14: The First Night in the Islands
- 15: Bensersiel
- 16: Chapter 16
- 17: Clearing the Air
- 18: Imperial Escort
- 19: The Rubicon
- 20: The Little Drab Book
- 21: Blindfold to Memmert
- 22: The Quartette
- 23: A Change of Tactics
- 24: Finesse
- 25: I Double Back
- 26: The Seven Siels
- 27: The Luck of the Stowaway
- 28: Chapter 28