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Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers (/ ˈ ɜːr s k ɪ n ˈ tʃ ɪ l d ər z /), was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second Boer War, the novel The Riddle of the Sands about German preparations for a sea-borne ...
22 de jun. de 2024 · Robert Erskine Childers (born June 25, 1870, London, Eng.—died Nov. 24, 1922, Beggar’s Bush, County Dublin, Ire.) was a writer and Irish nationalist, executed for his actions in support of the republican cause in the civil war that followed the establishment of the Irish Free State.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Erskine Hamilton Childers (11 December 1905 – 17 November 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the fourth president of Ireland from June 1973 to November 1974. He is the only Irish president to have died in office.
Erskine Childers was a British imperialist and an Irish republican. His upbringing lent him to the former; his convictions in later life inclined towards the latter.
- Ronan Mcgreevy
16 de mar. de 2023 · Erskine Childers was an Anglo-Irish author who wrote The Riddle of the Sands, considered the first modern thriller. He also fought for Britain in the First World War and smuggled guns for the Irish nationalists, leading to his execution in 1922.
The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I , is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction .
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.
