In the period that preceded the great wars most of the countries in Europe lived in a great fear of possible invasion of foreign powers or infiltration of enemy spies and secret service agents in the state affairs. This fear resulted in forming of invasion literature genre and William Le Queux was the ruling king of the genre:
The Great War in England in 1897
The Invasion of 1910
Whoso Findeth a Wife
Of Royal Blood
Her Majesty's Minister
The Under-Secretary
The Czar's Spy
Spies of the Kaiser
The Price of Power
Her Royal Highness
At the Sign of the Sword
Number 70, Berlin
The Way to Win
The Zeppelin Destroyer
Sant of the Secret Service
William Le Queux (1864–1927) was an Anglo-French writer who mainly wrote in the genres of mystery, thriller, and espionage, particularly in the years leading up to World War I. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy “The Great War in England in 1897” and the anti-German invasion fantasy “The Invasion of 1910.”
