Title:
Spies of the Kaiser : plotting the downfall of England
Author:
Le Queux, William, 1864-1927.
ISBN:
9780714647289
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 1996.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Classics of espionage
Series Title:
Classics of espionage
General Note:
First published: London : Hurst & Blackett, Ltd., 1909.
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Summary
Summary
Le Queux was the first and most prolific of all British spy writers, but 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, Britain's counter-espionage organisation. In his introduction, intelligence historian Nicholas Hiley explains how Le Queux's powerful blend of fact and fiction inspired a whole generation of British secret service officers, and led MI5 in a nation-wide hunt for a non-existent enemy.
Table of Contents
Illustrations | p. vi |
Introduction | p. vii |
If England Knew | p. xxxiii |
1. How the Plans of Rosyth were Stolen | p. 1 |
2. The Secret of the Silent Submarine | p. 20 |
3. The Back-Door of England | p. 39 |
4. How the Germans are Preparing for Invasion | p. 58 |
5. The Secret of the New British Aeroplane | p. 75 |
6. The Secret of the New Armour-Plates | p. 91 |
7. The Secret of the Improved 'Dreadnoughts' | p. 107 |
8. The German Plot against England | p. 124 |
9. The Secret of our New Gun | p. 140 |
10. The Secret of the Clyde Defences | p. 160 |
11. The Peril of London | p. 173 |
12. How Germany Foments Strife | p. 184 |
13. Our Wireless Secrets | p. 199 |
14. Playing a Desperate Game | p. 212 |