L'Enigme Des Sables

Languishing one summer at the Foreign Office in London, Carruthers is rescued

by an unexpected invitation to join Arthur Davies and the _Dulcibella_ in the

Baltic. A grouse-shooting party or a weekend at Cowes would have been more

Carruther’s style. More disconcerting still, soon after his arrival it emerges

that Davies needs his assistance, not on a yachting holiday, but in a sport of

amateur spying...

Sounding a warning of the dangers of a German sea-borne invasion, _The Riddle

of the Sands_ created a sensation when it appeared in 1903. Recognizably the

great forerunner of the espionage novels of Graham Green and John le Carré,

its vivid period flavour and richly detailed background of inshore sailing

have made it a classic among yachtsmen as well as among spy-thriller addicts.