Tag Archives: Erskine Childers

Frontiersmen and the Sea

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Roger Pocock

In 1903 a book was published that made an immediate impact and has never been out of print since then. It has often been called the first thriller. This was Erskine Childers “The Riddle of the Sands”. No biography of … Continue reading →

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From the Hangman’s Noose to Royal Bodyguards (Topic June/July 2015)

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Roger Pocock

Many facets of human life across what used to be the British Empire, but is now the Commonwealth, contain links with the Legion of Frontiersmen. Here we investigate the greatest of two extremes of human life, from one Frontiersman who … Continue reading →

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