The 1979 film adaptation of "The Riddle of the Sands" starring Michael York
Resting on the bed in "Melbourne" and reading the 350 pages of "The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow", I could think of no time when I had felt more contented - or perhaps there had been a time but I just couldn't think of it. To prolong the bliss, I switched to another nautical book, Erskine Childers' "The Riddle of the Sands".
It is one of my favourite books which was made into several radio plays ...
... including one in German ...
... and, in addition to the well-known 1979 film adapation starring Michael York, also turned into a much longer German TV series of ten episodes:
Episode 7 * Episode 8 * Episode 9 * Episode 10
P.S. ... and anyone who loves "The Riddle of the Sands" will love Sam Llewellyn's sequel, "The Shadow in the Sands" - click here. A more than decent sequel to the original - 'Carruthers' and 'Davies' feature under their 'real' names (and here Childers is Carruthers, though I've seen elsewhere that he is Davies) - but the action is a year later and focuses on Captain Charlie Webb, chartered to crew for former Lancers Captain Dacre on the yacht Gloria. The two books are best read back-to-back, even if 'The Riddle of the Sands' has been read previously. Re-reading that before launching into 'The Shadow in the Sands' gives the proper background for the follow-up tale, and adds to the enjoyment.
