Riddle of the Sands

[Cornishman]

Next week marks 100 years since this great book was published and it is being read on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime slot at 2245 beginning Monday.

There is another R4 prog tomorrow morning looking into the facts of whether the Germans were really planning an invasion of England in little barges at the turn of the 19th/20th century.

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[webcraft]

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[qsiv]

Intriguingly my great uncle went round photographing German Naval installations through the portholes of his yacht in the months preceeding the Second World War. Nothing on the scale of the Riddle mind you - but he did work in Naval Intelligence, alongside a man called Ian Fleming .. and his name was Bond, and the family motto 'The World is not enough', and had an Aston Martin habit.

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[StephenSails]

Great book, read it this summer whilst on our annual west country cruise.

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[kilkerr1]

Sounds great, just read reviews on Amazon. Reckon this is one for husband's xmas stocking...or am I just buying him something that I want meself..?

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[alant]

& The Author was Executed for Treason, strange twist of fate!

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[sailbadthesinner]

there has also been a great book called trawler this week about north sea trawler men out of scotland
only caught snatches but it has been ace and is <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0241140145/qid=1068117489/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1_1/202-8788117-0188617>here</A>

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[milltech]

Prog. this a.m. excellent n.m.

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[Mirelle]

He was executed for being found in possession of a firearm, given to him by Michael Collins, by the Irish Free State. The programme observed that he had "made a lot of enemies"....

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[Neraida]

Re: Trawler

If you want to listen to it properly...

go to <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagainflash.shtml> Radio 4 Listen Again </A> and go to Book of the Week.

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[kesey]

The author's son, also Erskine Childers, was elected President of Ireland. Treason or patriotism, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

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[billmacfarlane]

Looks like I'm the exception here. I found the book so boring I couldn't finish it. Some of the sailing descriptions are all right, but I couldn't stand that second rate melodrama.

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[BrendanS]

Re: Trawler

You... you ...you.....troublemaker!

I've just been there, and spent half an hour listening to the Singing Ringing Tree documentary (that shows my age!) and now listening to the Riddle of the Sands documentary, and can see that the rest of my evening is going to be spent listening to R4 programmes from the site /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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[Starspinner]

Hammond Innes edited a book of RCC cruise accounts in which is Childers original "Sands" voyage.

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[Neraida]

Re: Trawler

hee hee hee! good innit?

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[milltech]

In print for 100 years must say something, I must admit I re-read it about every three years when I don't have anything else to consume and I'm not bored yet.

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[TonyD]

...and when you've read it, try the sequel - "The Shadow in the Sands" by Sam Llewellyn. It carries on from where Childers left off.

Amazon have it <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0747260052/qid=1068243193/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_2_4/202-6106123-8742247>here</A>

 

[BrendanS]

Am I being pedantic, but don't think you can ever call a book by another author a sequel

It's just another book based on the premise of the other author, and in a completely different writing style.

Seen too many over the years, often by children of the estate owner, and never as good

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