The Under-Secretary

by William Le Queux

Overview

Set in London, England, this thriller book begins with a raucous Parliament meeting that fell silent when the main character of the book, Waldegrave Chisholm, started his speech. Chisholm is the under-secretary, and his denouncement of Russian encroachment on British Empire territory marks the start of an espionage tale that spans the globe. (Amazon)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783988266804
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	07/07/2023
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	203
File size:	875 KB

About the Author

William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 – 13 October 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveller (in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.