Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.
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“In these shifting sands, men can disappear without a trace . . . and their secrets with them.”
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2001