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The Riddle of the Sands (Classic Crime) | 
 enlarge | Author: Erskine Childers
Creator: Toby Stephens
Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1112701
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged Ed
Pages: 2
ISBN: 0141803339
EAN: 9780141803333
ASIN: 0141803339
Publication Date: February 28, 2002
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 very slow starter November 14, 2008
This book was recommended to me because I bought the 39 steps by John Buchan so I assumed it would be along similar lines. It took over two thrids of the book before anything remotely interesting happened and there wasn't really a climax to it.
Try the 39 steps, or Rogue male by Geoffrey Household. Both are much better reads
Riddle: where's the spy story? December 22, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
It has a nice picture on the front. And it has a few nice sea scenes in it (a lot of rain, mist and wind on the North Sea). I am from Holland and I know someone from Spiekeroog (one of the islands in the book) so it was nice to sea (an honest slip...)it in print.
Oh yes, I almost forgot: what about the spy story? Well, you've got to read about 3 quarters of the book (all about the sea and the sand and the clouds and rain and mist and also some German sea-folk) before the narrative picks it up. It then starts to unfold very slowly - more like a side issue. And then it is suddenly resolved over half a page. And then there's a final bit of sailing and the sea.
What about "the growing German menace that existed just before WWI", that several reviewers commented on, and Childers "depicts so exquisitely"? Frankly, the gentle rhythm of the waves lulled me into a (false?) sense of security.
Riddle Of The Sands July 15, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is just a beautifully crafted book. Although its espionage is old fashioned (no e-mails or computer codes here) the descriptive writing that Childers uses to depict the growing German menace that existed just before WWI is quite exquisite. The story is told at a pace that on occcasions you can stop and feel the Friesan salt spray on your face whilst never wanting to linger too long in case you miss something. I read this as a teenager and again as I turned 30. Having just read it again it has lost none of its charm. A great story of espionage and intrigue that is extremely well told. And not a dry Martini in sight....
 A beautiful book April 12, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book, I loved every second, have read it cover to cover many times. The story brilliantly captures the nervousness of the period leading up to the Great War. The atmosphere is amazing, you can almost see the cold windswept dunes of the German coast. The tension builds fast to the climax and the ambiguous ending just leaves you wishing that there was more.
the riddle of the sands October 18, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw the film of this but I liked the book so much I read it 3 times. I enjoyed the way the plot unfolds and I loved the descriptions around the Frisian Islands of the maze of sand bars. This book confirms what a mistake it is to consign old books to 'history' - it could easily be a modern story apart from some of the names of people. One is constantly reminded of the waste/tragic death of Erskine Childers in the Irish troubles.
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