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Erskine Childers

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Born: June 24 1870

Died: 2323 10 19221922

Robert Erskine Childers DSC, universally known as Erskine Childers, was the author of 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 in 1922. He was the son of British Orientalist scholar Robert Caesar Childers; the cousin of Hugh Childers and Robert Barton; and the father of the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers.

Childers was a Boer War veteran and was called back to active duty at the start of World War One.

Erskine Childers

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 24 1870

Died: 2323 10 19221922

Books from Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service

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In the Shadows of War: An American Pilot's Odyssey Through Occupied France and the Camps of Nazi Germany

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In the Ranks of the C.I.V.

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Erskine Childers

Erskine Childers

Books from Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service

In the Shadows of War: An American Pilot's Odyssey Through Occupied France and the Camps of Nazi Germany

In the Ranks of the C.I.V.

The Riddle of the Sands / In The Ranks of the C.I.V. / The Framework of Home Rule

War and the Arme Blanche

German Influence on British Cavalry, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

The Riddle of the Sands & In the Ranks of the C.I.V

The Road to Suez

The Riddle of the Sands Illustrated

The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands The Riddle of the Sands

Riddle of the Sands

The Greatest Spy Thriller Novels of All Times

The Riddle of the Sands: Large Print

The Riddle of the Sands Illustrated

The Riddle of the Sands Annotated

The Riddle of the Sands Illustrated

The Riddle of the Sands Illustrated

The Riddle of the Sands (World War I)

The Riddle of the Sands : annotated