Who wrote the novel The Riddle of the Sands'?
The Riddle of the Sands by the TV movie "Das Rätsel der Sandbank" (1984), produced by the public television and radio station Radio Bremen, and starring Burghart Klaußner as Davies and Peter Sattmann as Carruthers. In 1998, nautical writer Sam Llewellyn wrote a continuation of the story named "The Shadow in the Sands". This is subtitled "being an account of the cruise of the yacht "Gloria" in the Frisian Islands in April of 1903 and the Conclusion of the Events described by Erskine Childers." The Riddle of the Sands The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Erskine
The Riddle of the Sands alleged military unpreparedness." It was a notable influence on John Buchan, and on Ken Follett, who described it as "an open-air adventure thriller about two young men who stumble upon a German armada preparing to invade England." Follett has also called it "the first modern thriller". Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones listed "The Riddle of the Sands" as one of the ten classic spy novels, in "The Guardian"'s best spy novel list. Robert McCrum of "The Observer" included it in his list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. "The Daily Telegraph" has cited the book as the second best spy novel