Author: Erskine Childers

Described by Ken Follett as "the first modern thriller", The Riddle of the Sands is the best-known sailing narrative and a true classic. It was rec...

A biographical account of service with the C.I.V. artillery battery at the end of the Anglo-Boer War, and the beginning of guerilla operations, in ...

While on a duck-hunting holiday sailing in the Frisian Isles, Carruthers and his friend Davies become suspicious of German naval activity off the N...

The first modern spy novel and a must-read for espionage junkies and fans of James Bond and John Le Carré. ...

Loosely based on the author's own experiences, The Riddle of the Sands takes readers back to the early days of the twentieth century, when Britain ...