THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897

By William Le Queux

CONTENTS

BOOK I
THE INVASION
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH 13
II. A TOTTERING EMPIRE 19
III. ARMING FOR THE STRUGGLE 23
IV. THE SPY 28
V. BOMBARDMENT OF NEWHAVEN 35
VI. LANDING OF THE FRENCH IN SUSSEX 40
VII. BOMB OUTRAGES IN LONDON 44
VIII. FATEFUL DAYS FOR THE OLD FLAG 49
IX. COUNT VON BEILSTEIN AT HOME 56
X. A DEATH DRAUGHT 61
XI. THE MASSACRE AT EASTBOURNE 65
XII. IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS 70
XIII. FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE CHANNEL 75
XIV. BATTLE OFF BEACHY HEAD 85
 
BOOK II
THE STRUGGLE
XV. THE DOOM OF HULL 99
XVI. TERROR ON THE TYNE 110
XVII. HELP FROM OUR COLONIES 125
XVIII. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE MIDLANDS 137
XIX. FALL OF BIRMINGHAM 150
XX. OUR REVENGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 162
XXI. A NAVAL FIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 174
XXII. PANIC IN LANCASHIRE 186
XXIII. THE EVE OF BATTLE 193
XXIV. MANCHESTER ATTACKED BY RUSSIANS 200
XXV. GALLANT DEEDS BY CYCLISTS 208
XXVI. GREAT BATTLE ON THE MERSEY 213
XXVII. THE FATE OF THE VANQUISHED 218
 
BOOK III
THE VICTORY
XXVIII. A SHABBY WAYFARER 229
XXIX. LANDING OF THE ENEMY AT LEITH 235
XXX. ATTACK ON EDINBURGH 243
XXXI. "THE DEMON OF WAR" 248
XXXII. FRIGHTFUL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GLASGOW 256
XXXIII. MARCH OF THE FRENCH ON LONDON 268
XXXIV. LOOTING IN THE SUBURBS 279
XXXV. LONDON BOMBARDED 284
XXXVI. BABYLON BURNING 291
XXXVII. FIGHTING ON THE SURREY HILLS 299
XXXVIII. NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNGENESS 304
XXXIX. THE DAY OF RECKONING 312
XL. "FOR ENGLAND!" 324
XLI. DAWN 328






THE PLACE OF DRAGONS A MYSTERY

By William Le Queux



CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I   Presents a Problem 5
II   Is Mainly Astonishing 12
III   Shows Light from the Mist 22
IV   Opens Several Questions 30
V   In which the Shadow Falls 38
VI   Mystery Inexplicable 44
VII   Tells of Two Men 52
VIII   Remains an Enigma 60
IX   Describes a Night Vigil 67
X   Contains a Clue 73
XI   The Affair of the Seventeenth 81
XII   Lola 87
XIII   Relates a Strange Story 95
XIV   Wherein Confession is Made 103
XV   Confirms Certain Suspicions 110
XVI   Where Two C's Meet 118
XVII   Reveals Another Plot 125
XVIII   Done in the Night 131
XIX   Records Further Facts 139
XX   Another Discovery is Made 145
XXI   Explains Lola's Fears 152
XXII   The Road of Riches 160
XXIII   Follows the Elusive Jules 166
XXIV   Makes a Startling Disclosure 173
XXV   Is More Mysterious 181
XXVI   Hot-Foot Across Europe 188
XXVII   Opens a Death-trap 196
XXVIII   Describes a Chase 204
XXIX   The House in Hampstead 212
XXX   Narrates a Startling Affair 219
XXXI   "Sheep of Thy Pasture" 227
XXXII   The Tents of Ungodliness 235
XXXIII   Discloses a Strange Truth 241
XXXIV   Concerns To-day 250






THE RED WIDOW

Or, The Death-Dealers Of London

By William Le Queux



CONTENTS

Concerns a Man in White

Who is Mrs. Braybourne?

The "Game"-and its Players

Progress of the Plot

Contains a Note of Alarm

The Locked Room In Hammersmith

What Happened in Bridge Place

On Loch Lomond

A Gentleman named Greig

More Mysterious Circumstances

Spreading the Net

The Person from Upstairs

Relates a Strange Conversation

On Saturday Night

Carries the Mystery Farther

Baiting the Trap

"News" from Lancaster Gate

The Coup and its Consequence

What Happened to Gerald

The Room of Evil

Lost Days

From out the Past

The Cry in the Night

Hard Pressed

The Recluse

"Get Rid of the Girl!"

"The Day After To-Morrow"

At the Window

On Thin Ice

Through the Darkness






THIS HOUSE TO LET

By William Le Queux



CONTENTS

PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV






THE INVASION OF 1910

with a full account of the siege of London

William le Queux

Naval Chapters By H. W. Wilson

CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAP.   PAGE
I. The Surprise 3
II. Effect in the City 20
III. News of the Enemy 30
IV. A Prophecy Fulfilled 48
V. Our Fleet Taken Unawares 60
VI. Fierce Cruiser Battle 77
VII. Continuation of the Struggle at Sea 94
VIII. Situation in the North 108
IX. State of Siege Declared 118
X. How the Enemy Dealt the Blow 131
XI. Germans Landing at Hull and Goole 154
XII. Desperate Fighting in Essex 171
XIII. Defence at Last 202
XIV. British Success at Royston 221
XV. British Abandon Colchester 235
XVI. Fierce Fighting at Chelmsford 255
XVII. In the Enemy's Hands 266
XVIII. The Feeling in London 279
BOOK II
I. The Lines of London 287
II. Repulse of the Germans 299
III. Battle of Epping 310
IV. Bombardment of London 326
V. The Rain of Death 344
VI. Fall of London 357
VII. Two Personal Narratives 372
VIII. Germans Sacking the Banks 393
IX. What was Happening at Sea 413
X. Situation South of the Thames 444
XI. Defences of South London 456
XII. Daily Life of the Beleaguered 466
XIII. Revolts in Shoreditch and Islington 477
BOOK III
I. A Blow for Freedom 495
II. Scenes at Waterloo Bridge 511
III. Great British Victory 520
IV. Massacre of Germans in London 531
V. How the War Ended 540


MAPS AND PLANS

BOOK I
  PAGE
Position of the IVth German Army Corps Twelve Hours after Landing at Weybourne, Norfolk 57
Position of the Saxon Corps Twenty-four Hours after Landing in Essex 148
Position of the German Forces Twenty-four Hours after Landing at Goole 157
Germany's Points of Embarkation 167
Battle of Purleigh, 6th September 193
Battle of Sheffield 218
Positions of Opposing Forces, 8th September 227
Battle of Royston, Sunday, 9th September 232
Battle of Chelmsford. Position on the Evening of 11th September 258
The Defence of Sheffield 268
BOOK II
The Lines of London 288
Battle of Harlow—First Phase 296
Battle of Harlow—Final Phase 307
German Attack on the Lines of London 315
The Bombardment and Defences of London on 20th and 21st September 337
London after the Bombardment 365
Damage done in the City by the Bombardment 369
Damage done in Westminster by the Bombardment 384
Shetland Islands 433
The Defences of South London on 26th September 457
Scene of the Street Fighting in Shoreditch on 27th September 478