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`About this coast... In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.' Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered most vividly for his ground-breaking spy novel, The Ri
Sommeren går på hæld, og Carruthers, en embedsmand i det britiske udenrigsministerium, der netop er blevet vraget af den kvinde, han har gjort kur til, har endnu ikke holdt ferie. Så da en gammel bekendt, Davies, inviterer ham med på en sejltur i de slesv
Robert Erskine Childers was the author of the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands and an Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing yacht Asgard. He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish
A must-read for espionage junkies and 'chaps in scraps' fans. When Carruthers receives a letter from his friend Davies suggesting a Baltic sailing trip the vision of a manned yacht, A1 scenery and excellent duck shooting quickly works its charm. M