The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

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🗓️ 13 June 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Author Lloyd Shepherd joins the Backlisted crew in their small but functional vessel to discuss what some regard as the first ever spy novel 'The Riddle of the Sands' and the extraordinary life of its author Erskine Childers. You can read more about Lloyd's plans to recreate the books journey at The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club page here: https://unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 9'26 - Six Facets of Light by Ann Wroe 16'04 - Different Class by Joanne Harris 23'50 - Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The people of Tulli-Huller and my People have told Riley Walker a lot that he's like John Martin or
0:16.5	Yes, so he's kind of gone to his head a bit and he was he supported
0:20.8	his legs out of the chair. And he's joined on stage by Danny Thompson,
0:25.0	who played with Tim Ridley, who played with John Marston.
0:28.0	You've been in the same room as Danny Thompson.
0:30.0	Is Danny Thompson, Richard Thompson's brother?
0:32.0	Is that? No, no.
0:33.0	Although they play together.
0:34.0	They have played to.
0:35.0	No relation.
0:36.0	How amazing.
0:37.0	So anyway, they come on stage
0:38.0	and Riley Walker goes
0:40.0	a massive round of applause.
0:42.0	Well, who is stoned off his box. The massive round of applause. The massive round of applause for the two acts.
0:46.2	Some they come.
0:47.2	Riley put Walker points at the musician on stage
0:49.7	and he goes, let's have down with daddy fucking Thompson, right?
0:53.8	And someone in the audience goes,
0:56.0	yeah, mate, we know who he is.
0:57.4	He's the fuck of you.
0:58.4	That is great. That is great! For a really good heckle, yeah. I've never felt I'd seen him twice at the royal because I saw me first of
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