The Riddle of the Sands A Record of Secret

"A triller anticipating Frederick Forsyth and Len Deighton...never loses its pace." -Independent on Sunday(U.K.) Loosely based on the author's own experiences, The Riddle of the Sandstakes readers back to the early days of the twentieth century, when Britain shared a tense rivalry with the Kaiser's Germany. Tempted by the idea of duck shooting, Carruthers is lured by his friend Davies into a yachting expedition in the Baltic, only to discover that the itinerary involves more than killing fowl. Soon they're on a wild journey of intrigue, meeting danger at every turn, and ultimately unraveling Germany's secret plans to invade England. Tautly written and full of unexpected twists, this is a timeless work of espionage fiction.

Introduction	p. vii
A Note on the Text	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xx
Maps and Charts	p. xxi
General Map [Map A]	p. xxii
Chart to Illustrate the Stranding of the 'Dulcibella', etc. [Chart A]	p. xxiii
Map of East Friesland [Map B]	p. xxiv
Chart of Juist, Memmert, and Part of Norderney [Chart B]	p. xxv
Preface to the Original 1903 Edition	p. xxvii
Preface to the 1912 Edition	p. xxxi
The Riddle of the Sands
The Letter	p. 1
The 'Dulcibella'	p. 8
Davies	p. 21
Retrospect	p. 31
Wanted, a North Wind	p. 39
Schlei Fiord	p. 47
The Missing Page	p. 54
The Theory	p. 66
I Sign Articles	p. 78
His Chance	p. 87
The Pathfinders	p. 95
My Initiation	p. 104
The Meaning of our Work	p. 114
The First Night in the Islands	p. 120
Bensersiel	p. 128
Commander von Brüning	p. 135
Clearing the Air	p. 149
Imperial Escort	p. 160
The Rubicon	p. 166
The Little Drab Book	p. 179
Blindfold to Memmert	p. 190
The Quartette	p. 204
A Change of Tactics	p. 216
Finesse	p. 229
I Double Back	p. 244
The Seven Siels	p. 255
The Luck of the Stowaway	p. 267
We Achieve our Double Aim	p. 281
Epilogue	p. 291
Postscript (March 1903)	p. 301
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