Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780714642789)

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.

Author: William Le Queux
ISBN-10: 0714642789
ISBN-13: 9780714642789
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1996
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.56w x 0.76d