Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England

ISBN-13: 9780714642789 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 256 str.

William Le Queux; Nicholas Hiley

Opis

The Spies of the Kaiser was not just another tale of scheming foreigners and plucky British heroes, for this paranoid tale of German secret agents plotting the invasion of Britain played a major part in the formation of MI5,

Recenzje

"worthy of its place in the history of espionage - I consider it well worth a read". Bulletin of the Military Historical Society

"As Nicholas Hiley demonstrates in his fine introduction to Spies of the Kaiser, MI5 itself owed its inspiration to the fiction of William Le Queux. Here, it appears, we have art imitating life, which is itself imitating art (of a sort)." Times Literary Supplement

"Le Queux"s novel played a significant part in the founding of the modern British intelligence community and thus fully deserves its place in the new Frank Cass series, Classics of Espionage." Christopher Andrew, The Daily Telegraph

"Frank Cass are to be congratulated on reprinting, with its original illustrations, one of Le Queux"s most influential works ... greatly enhanced by a fascinating and expert 24-page, well-referenced introduction. Victorian Military Society

Spis treści

Introduction, If England Knew 1. How the Plans of Rosyth were Stolen 2. The Secret of the Silent Submarine 3. The Back-Door of England 4. How the Germans are Preparing for Invasion 5. The Secret of the New British Aeroplane 6. The Secret of the New Armour-Plates 7. The Secret of the Improved 'Dreadnoughts' 8. The German Plot against England 9. The Secret of our New Gun 10. The Secret of the Clyde Defences 11. The Peril of London 12. Ho~ Germany Foments Strife 13. Our Wireless Secrets 14. Playing a Desperate Game

O autorze

Authored by William Le Queux