#TheRiddleOfTheSands (1979)

In 1901, two British yachtsmen visiting Germany's Frisian Islands accidentally discover a German plot to invade England.
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#TheRiddleOfTheSands further points :
- See photo attached
- The ROTS 1st edition in 1903 (Immediate bestseller, reprinted 3x in its first year)
- Huge editions in WW1 time (it was then seen as predicting WW1, had great European sales)

I get a lot of DMs about #TheRiddleOfTheSands. Some points :

For those collecting….

- Crisp/Clean copies of the 1st Edition are now very difficult to find. Most go for £10,000 or more. An example here @ChristiesInc christies.com/en/lot/lot-644…

Fabulous film, wonderful cast and evocative music.

It still makes me chuckle when Michael York disembarks from the train with all his baggage and Simon MacCorkindale wonders whether it’s going to fit on his yacht!

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Auf der langen Bahnfahrt vom verregneten Rheinland zurück nach Berlin einen meiner schon so oft gelesenen Lieblingsromane beendet. #TheRiddleoftheSands #books

Lektüre im Garten. #TheRiddleoftheSands #Wannsee

#Currentlyreading #TheRiddleOfTheSands by #ErskineChilders and I’m loving it! Must read for fans of early 20th century English lit.
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I see that both #TheRiddleOfTheSands and #TheFrameworkForHomerule is now fueling AI.

Getting Irish Home Rule and #Unity32 together, makes for interesting times.

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Great-grandfather and Molly had a small library aboard the #Asgard @nmireland.bsky.social . One of Erskine’s biggest inspiration’s when writing #TheRiddleOfTheSands was EF Knight’s ‘ The Falcon On The Baltic ‘ ( 1892 ). A thematic in this book, runs very similar to the Riddle.