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Childers, Erskine

 
9780141033761: The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
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ISBN 10 : 0141033762 ISBN 13 : 9780141033761
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2008

Synopsis

Childers's lone masterpiece, THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization,richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.

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À propos de l?auteur

Erskine Childers was born in Ireland in 1870 of Anglo-Irish parents. Educated at Cambridge, he worked at the House of Commons before volunteering at the outbreak of the South African War. In 1910 Childers resigned his post in the Commons to work for the Irish cause and later did reconnaissance work during WWI. After the war he settled in Ireland and joined the Republican Army at the establishment of the Free State. He was amongst those arrested and shot in the civil war that followed.

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0141033762
ISBN 13 
9780141033761
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0199549710 ISBN 13 :  9780199549719
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2008
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