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Title:
Spies of the Kaiser : plotting the downfall of England
Author:
Le Queux, William, 1864-1927.
ISBN:
9780714647289
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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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

Illustrationsp. vi
Introductionp. vii
If England Knewp. xxxiii
1. How the Plans of Rosyth were Stolenp. 1
2. The Secret of the Silent Submarinep. 20
3. The Back-Door of Englandp. 39
4. How the Germans are Preparing for Invasionp. 58
5. The Secret of the New British Aeroplanep. 75
6. The Secret of the New Armour-Platesp. 91
7. The Secret of the Improved 'Dreadnoughts'p. 107
8. The German Plot against Englandp. 124
9. The Secret of our New Gunp. 140
10. The Secret of the Clyde Defencesp. 160
11. The Peril of Londonp. 173
12. How Germany Foments Strifep. 184
13. Our Wireless Secretsp. 199
14. Playing a Desperate Gamep. 212