37+ The Riddle Of The Sands Background. Although the book was not published until 1915 in the united states, childers in 1903 traveled to the united states, where he met and married mollie osgood, daughter of a boston physician. The riddle of the sands (1979).
In the early years of the 20th century, two british yachtsmen (michael york and simon maccorkindale) stumble upon a german plot to invade the east coast of england in a flotilla of specially designed barges.
Containing many realistic details based on childers's own sailing trips along the german north sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yachting expedition in the early 20th century combined with an adventurous spy story. Feels like the tide is going out. The riddle of the sands (1979). There is not much of a plot other than the discovery of the covert plan to wage war against england by the german plotters.
