37+ The Riddle Of The Sands PNG. Containing many realistic details based on childers's own sailing trips along the german north sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yachting expedition in the early 20th century combined with an adventurous spy story. In the early years of the 20th century, two british yachtsmen (michael york and simon maccorkindale) stumble upon a german plot to invade the east coast of england in a flotilla of specially designed barges.

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Riddles in north sea sands. Simon maccorkindale, michael york, jenny agutter and others. A storm had been predicted so yachts were.

A storm had been predicted so yachts were.

Most of us are familiar enough with the baloney of the pharaohs, the curse of tutenkhamun or the secrets of ancient egypt. For individual posts please use the search facility. The riddle of the sands is a sailing espionage novel written in 1903 by erskine childers. In 1903 an englishman called charles caruthers went sailing in the north sea and stumbled upon a german military plot.