Erskine Childers
Erskine Childers was an Irish writer and political figure who had served as an artilleryman during the Boer War and in the British Navy during World War I. A skilled yachtsman, he, like his character Arthur Davies, was fond of exploring obscure island coasts.
Erskine Childers was an Irish writer and political figure who had served as an artilleryman during the Boer War and in the British Navy during World War I. A skilled yachtsman, he, like his character Arthur Davies, was fond of exploring obscure island coasts. See less