The riddle of the sands / Erskine Childers.
Series: Popular PenguinsDescription: ix, 332 pages ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780143570295
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Adventure | CHI | Available | 055559 |
Total reserves: 0
First published: 1903.
Detective and mystery stories. 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. The Riddle of the Sands is full of danger, double-crosses, and discoveries on which the fate of nations hangs by a thread.