Le Queux - THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND 1897 - New paperback FREEPOST IN THE UK

William Le Queux

GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND 1897\nLe Queux\u2019s work is an early example of Invasion literature genre, which began with The Battle of Dorking in 1871, where the British are soundly defeated by an invading German army.\nLe Queux\u2019s novel depicts Britain being invaded by coalition forces led by France and Russia, who make several early advances, but the brave English patriots fight on and eventually manage to turn the tide, especially after Germany enters the war on the side of the British.By the end of the story, the invasion goes the other way as the victors divide the spoils: Britain seizes Algeria and Russian Central Asia, thus decisively winning The Great Game, and Germany annexes more of mainland France in addition to Alsace-Lorraine, thus leaving the enemies crushed and both the British and German empires the dominant forces of Europe.From a historical perspective, the book is interesting in depicting the precise reverse of the alliances of the actual World War I which broke out .