He grew up under the influence of the Barton family, ardent unionists who took their allegiances seriously.Īccording to rumors, the family had a falling out with the politically powerful and influential Parnell family, whom they considered to be traitors to the unionist cause. Why did Childers’ work of fiction lead to so much interest from British Foreign Office? Early Lessons in AlliancesĪfter the untimely passing of his parents when he was a little child, Childers relocated from London to Glendalough in County Wicklow, Ireland. But the one novel he wrote casts a very long shadow, both in the fiction that owes a debt to it and in the impact it had in the real world at the time. It is safe bet that most people today are not familiar with the name Erskine Childers. Another commonality they all share is that they are descendants of what many historians cite as the first spy novel, The Riddle of the Sands (1903) by Robert Erskine Childers. Scorpion (1985), The Human Factor (1978) and Kittler, and the Media (2013) are all novels that center around the genre of spy thrillers, a truly evergreen genre of fiction.
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