The Riddle of the Sands

Regarded as one of the best spy stories ever written, 'The Riddle of the Sands' by Erskine Childers is the classic Secret Service novel. More like fact than fiction, it holds a special place in the affections of spy-novel fans for its richness of technical detail about inshore sailing, its highly sympathetic characters, an unsurpassed narrative style, and a setting and plot that recapture the European political scene on the eve of World War I.
Two young Englishmen, Davies and Carruthers, hea ...