
Length11h 46m
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Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), universally known as 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 Civil War. "The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service" is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction. It has been made into both a film and TV film. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length11 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 31, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1I. The Letter
16XVI. Commander von Brüning
2II. The Dulcibella
17XVII. Clearing the Air
3III. Davies
18XVIII. Imperial Escort
4IV. Retrospect
19XIX. The Rubicon
5V. Wanted, a North Wind
20XX. The Little Drab Book
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6VI. Schlei Fiord
21XXI. Blindfold to Memmert
7VII. The Missing Page
22XXII. The Quartette
8VIII. The Theory
23XXIII. A Change of Tactics
9IX. I Sign Articles
24XXIV. Finesse
10X. His Chance
25XXV. I Double Back
11XI. The Pathfinders
26XXVI. The Seven Siels
12XII. My Initiation
27XXVII. The Luck of the Stowaway
13XIII. The Meaning of our Work
28XXVIII. We Achieve our Double Aim
14XIV. The First Night in the Islands
29Epilogue
15XV. Bensersiel
30Postscript (March 1903)