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Childers, Erskine

Overview
Works: 115 works in 280 publications in 10 languages and 2,946 library holdings
Genres: Alternative histories (Fiction) 
Roles: Other, Editor, Honoree
Classifications: jx1977, 341.23
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Most widely held works by Erskine Childers
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14 editions published between and 1995 in English and French and held by 469 libraries worldwide
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12 editions published between and 1961 in 3 languages and held by 464 libraries worldwide
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14 editions published between and 1996 in English and held by 378 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published between and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 316 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published in in English and Arabic and held by 207 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published in in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide
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31 editions published between and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 131 libraries worldwide
While on a sailing trip in the Baltic Sea, two young adventurers-turned-spies uncover a secret German plot to invade England. Widely recognized as the first modern spy thriller, this 1902 lone masterpiece by World War I Royal Navy officer Erskine Childers was written as a wake-up call to the British government to attend to its North Sea defenses. It accomplished that task and has been considered a classic of espionage literature ever since.
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8 editions published in in English and held by 88 libraries worldwide
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28 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 29 libraries worldwide
One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. The story builds in excitement as two young men on a sailing holiday discover a German plot to invade England. This edition is complemented by a fine introduction which examines the novel in its political and historical context. - About this coast ... In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.' Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered most vividly for his ground-breaking.
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7 editions published between and 1963 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published between and 1973 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published in in English and held by 17 libraries worldwide
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in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published in in English and held by 13 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published between and 1992 in English and held by 7 libraries worldwide
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2 editions published between and 1976 in English and held by 7 libraries worldwide
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1 edition published in in English and held by 7 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published between and 2010 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide
 
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Audience level: 0.70 (from 0.39 for The riddle ... to 0.97 for Arab natio ...)
Challenges to the United Nations : building a safer world
Alternative Names
Childers, E. B. (Erskine B.)
Childers, Erskine Barton
تشايلدرز، ارسكين ب
Languages
English (202)
French (23)
German (13)
Swedish (12)
Undetermined (9)
Danish (8)
Spanish (8)
Arabic (2)
Dutch (2)
Italian (1)
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