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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2026 · 18 MIN

The Riddle of the Sands Chapter 1 - The Letter

from The Riddle of the Sands · host Erskine Childers

In which a young bachelor of the Foreign Office, trapped in the solitude of a London September and disillusioned by the fading social season, is unexpectedly roused by a curious and urgent letter from an old acquaintance inviting him to the strange and far-off yachting grounds of the Baltic. As he contemplates this unlikely respite from his tedious routine, the letter stirs within him a flicker of hope and mystery amidst the dreariness of his discontent.

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In which a young bachelor of the Foreign Office, trapped in the solitude of a London September and disillusioned by the fading social season, is unexpectedly roused by a curious and urgent letter from an old acquaintance inviting him to the strange and far-off yachting grounds of the Baltic. As he contemplates this unlikely respite from his tedious routine, the letter stirs within him a flicker of hope and mystery amidst the dreariness of his discontent.

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In which a young bachelor of the Foreign Office, trapped in the solitude of a London September and disillusioned by the fading social season, is unexpectedly roused by a curious and urgent letter from an old acquaintance inviting him to the strange...

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