Which 1903 book by Erskine Childers that is still enjoyed for its accurate portrayal of inland sailing was credited by Winston Churchill as a major reason for the establishment of naval bases in the UK?
Erskine Childers (author) Black Rock Pictures included the arrest and trial of Childers in its six-part television series "Bású na gCarad" ("The Friends' Execution"), broadcast on TG4 in September 2012. Childers was played by Dominic Frisby. Erskine Childers (author) Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), universally known as Erskine Childers (), was an Irish writer, whose works included the influential novel "The Riddle of the Sands", and an Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing yacht "Asgard". He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War. He
The Riddle of the Sands announced in Parliament (5 March 1903) and some time after secret negotiations for the purchase had begun. Although Winston Churchill later credited the book as a major reason why the Admiralty had decided to establish the new naval bases, this seems unlikely. When war was declared he ordered the Director of Naval Intelligence to find Childers, whom he had met when the author was campaigning to represent a naval seat in Parliament, and employ him. At the time Childers was writing "Riddle" he was also contributing to a factual book published by "The Times" in which he warned of outdated