{"product_id":"the-riddle-of-the-sands-macmillan-collectors-library","title":"The Riddle of the Sands Macmillan Collectors Library","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the first great spy novels,and The Riddle of the Sandsand is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England . . .Like much contemporary British spy fiction,and The Riddle of the Sandsand reflects the Anglo-German rivalry of the early twentieth century, and the intricacy of the book's conception and its lucid detail make it a classic of its genre.This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Erskine Childers'and The Riddle of the Sandsand features maps drawn from Childers' originals and an afterword by writer and journalist Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erskine Childers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44222162960444,"sku":"9781509843152","price":2695.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781509843152_201.jpg?v=1776769288","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-riddle-of-the-sands-macmillan-collectors-library","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}