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The riddle of Erskine Childers.
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As is often the case with writers, Erskine Childers might have walked out of his timeless classic novel, The Riddle of the Sands, most convincingly as Arthur Davies, but to others maybe as Carruthers or Herr Dollman? Yachtsman, navigational map maker, writer of military history, strategy and tactics, soldier in the Boer War (1899) and volunteer in the Royal Navy Air Services (1914-1918). In politics he moved through the full spectrum, from Imperial Unionist, to Liberal, to Home Ruler and by the last years of his life, to uncompromising Irish Republican. No wonder earlier biographies…
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The riddle of Erskine Childers.
...with writers, Erskine Childers might have walked...novel, The Riddle of the Sands...entitled The Riddle of Erskine Childers. In a Childerian...publication of the Riddle and his marriage, set Erskine Childers ineluctably... |
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THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers (1903)
...point precision. Chief strengths: Childers's sense of fair play ensures his disinterested...interest, was suggested by the publisher. Childers's characterisation of her has all the...thought of it then: A best-seller. Childers turned from fictional prose to the functional... |
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A traitor to his class.(Dangerous Waters: The Life and Death of Erskine...
...centenary of the publication of Erskine Childers' book The Riddle of the Sands. This book...Piper relies primarily on Childers' own writings, on some...researched biography, The Riddle of Erskine Childers (1977), and on several... |
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Obituary: Erskine Childers
Erskine Childers succumbed to a heart...desperately to revitalise. Childers was a most unusual person...grandfather, Robert Childers, was a distinguished...His grandfather, Erskine, wrote the classic international thriller The Riddle of the Sands. He also... |
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In Memoriam: Erskine Childers, 1929-1996
...with his son, yet another Erskine, and his wife, Mallica, Childers had come from a long line...His grandfather, also Erskine Childers, had written the prototype of the modern spy story, The Riddle of the Sands, which warned... |
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the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: 'The Riddle of the Sands' combines spies and sailing
...discussion of The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers will take place at...set out to solve the riddle of the sands. The...appear intact in The Riddle of the Sands. Such...only excitement in Childers life. He was raised... |
 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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books: the bond rivals.(Features)
...Marks and Sparks. 005 The Riddle Of The Sands by Erskine Childers (First published 1903) Regarded...the first spy novel, though Childers hero, Carruthers, isn...Davies. The Irish-born Childers had a life as extraordinary... |
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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This grass is not greener ... RETRO READS.(News)
...modern mystery thriller. THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS BY ERSKINE CHILDERS (Atlantic [pounds sterling...the first spy-thriller, Childers almost clairvoyantly anticipates...I'd say. Sadly, it was Childers's only novel. An unswerving... |
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books: This girlie trash is no match for some ripping yarns and Boy's Own...
...slightly less well-known The Riddle Of The Sands by Erskine Childers - a patriotic potboiler which...government as a traitor. (Childers was a British MP, who later...personal history was tragic, but Childers' only novel is a classic... |
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the MONDAY BOOKCLUB: 'The Light of Day' isn't your typical detective story
...moving on to the spy novels on our list. "The Riddle of the Sands" is often called the first spy...European history as well as an intriguing riddle. "The Riddle of the Sands" by Erskine Childers will be discussed from 5 to 6 p.m. June... |
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