William Le Queux

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  • Bibliography:
    88 Books
  • First Book:
    December 1991
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Book List in Order: 88 titles

  • The Secret of the Fox Hunter

    Along with E. Phillips Oppenheim, William Tufnell Le Queux was one of the earliest practitioners of the modern espionage novel, creating the character of the 'rogue male' lone-wolf secret agent that would go on to be central to the work of authors su...

  • The Count's Chauffeur

    I have been many things, in Britain, Canada, Europe, and elsewhere; and of course my father wanted me to be an accountant. But now in Paris, in Rome, in Florence, in Berlin, in Vienna -- in fact, over half the face of Europe, from the Pyrenees to ...

  • Revelations of the Secret Service

    Revelations of the Secret Service was first published in 1911. The author, William le Queux (pronounced 'Q'), was one of the first creators of the spy story. A journalist-turned-author, he successfully combined his passionate interest in national sec...

  • Secrets of the Foreign Office

    Secrets of the Foreign Office was first published in 1903. The author, William Le Queux, (pronounced 'Q'), was one of the first creators of the spy story. A journalist-turned-author, he successfully combined his passionate interest in national securi...

  • The Intriguers

    An extravagant tale of political schemers. The hero, an Italian violinist, finds himself, after a phenomenal rise to success, placed in high society in the Russian court of Alexander III and used in a counter-plot to foil a design against the Czar's ...

  • Blackmailed

  • The Death-Doctor

    William Tufnell Le Queux (1864-1927) was a British journalist and writer. He wrote mysteries, thrillers, and espionage, particularly pulp-fiction spy stories such as "The Invasion of 1910," "The Poisoned Bullet," and "Spies of the Kaiser."...

  • Country Neighbors

    According to Wikipedia: William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 London - 13 October 1927 Knokke, Belgium) 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 ...

  • The Great White Queen

    The Great White Queen (1896) is an adventure novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Great White Queen is a story of empire, myth, and war. Using h...



  • Works of William Le Queux

    Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations. The Czar's Spy The Doctor of Pimlico The Four Faces The Golden Face The Great White Queen The House of Whispers Hushed Up Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo The Minister of Evil The Mystery of the Green ...

  • Behind The Bronze Door

    William Tufnell Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. His best-known works are the anti-German invasion fantasies The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and The Invasion of 1910 (1906)....

  • The House Of Whispers

    A remarkable mystery story in which valuables disappear from locked safes; written and whispered warnings come out of nowhere and a murder is committed behind locked doors--all in a modern New York apartment. "Full of arresting situations and making ...

  • Britain's Deadly Peril

    Are We Told the Truth? Press and propaganda of World War I.Originally published 1915.Author, William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 London - 13 October 1927 Knokke, Belgium) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary c...

  • the Downfall of England

    But if the new plans for our naval base at Rosyth have already been secured by Germany, I don't see what we can do, I remarked. What's the use of closing the stable-door after the horse has been stolen?That's just what we generally do in England, my ...

  • Secrets of Monte Carlo

  • The Colour-Criminologist // From Whose Bourne

    This is a fifth collection of Supernatural Detectives. The Colour-Criminologist: Dr. John Durston uses colour mentation to study chromatic vibrations, allowing him, among other things, to see visions of events elsewhere. Miss Dalrymple joins him in h...

  • In White Raiment

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Red Room

    Le Queux (1864-1927) was a prolific writer in the genres of mystery, thriller and international espionage fiction but is remembered for his bestselling invasion literature in the era preceding the First World War. This work was first publishedin 1909...

  • Stolen Souls

    Stolen Souls (1895) is a short story collection by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, Stolen Souls contains stories of mystery, espionage, and internationa...



  • Behind the Throne

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Bond of Black

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Pauper of Park Lane

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Place of Dragons

    The Place of Dragons (1916) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Place of Dragons is a story of mystery, murder, and suspicion. Using ...

  • The Temptress

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Under-Secretary

    William Tufnell Le Queux (1864-1927) 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, and a wireless pioneer. His best-known works ...

  • The Lost Million

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  • The Mysterious Mr. Miller

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  • The Great War In England In 1897

    The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) is a novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Great War in England in 1897 is a story of broken alliances, resi...

  • The Secret of the Borgias

    The Secret of the Borgias: The Closed Book by William Le Queux. William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 190...



  • Her Majesty's Minister

    “Then, plainly speaking, the whole thing remains a mystery?” “Absolutely,” I responded. “All my efforts have unfortunately failed.” “And you entertain no suspicion of anyone?” “None whatever.” “Not of that woman Yolande -- or wh...

  • The Hunchback of Westminster

    It was in the second year of my practice as a private detective that young José Casteno came to my office in Stanton Street, WC, and entrusted me with that strange and terrible mission in regard to which I have really hesitated, in all sincerity, fo...

  • Rasputin the Rascal Monk

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  • If England Were Invaded

    "No fewer than two hundred thousand Germans were already upon English soil The outlook grew blacker every hour." Eight years before the onset of World War I, as national hysteria over the possibility of German spies in England reached its peak, jou...

  • Concerning the Secret of the Borgias

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Red Widow

  • The Red Widow; or, the Death-Dealers of London

    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 Circum...

  • The Secrets of Potsdam

    You will recollect our first meeting on that sunny afternoon when, in the stuffy, nauseating atmosphere of perspiration and a hundred Parisian perfumes, we sat next each other at the first roulette table on the right as you enter the rooms at Monte C...

  • The Tickencote Treasure

    The Tickencote Treasure (1903) is a work of adventure fiction by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Tickencote Treasure is a story of piracy, mystery, ...

  • Beryl of the Biplane

    Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer who was also a diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England (1894) and the an...



  • Tracked by Wireless

    Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer who was also a diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England (1894) and the an...

  • Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England

  • As We Forgive Them

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    As We Forgive Them (1904) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, As We Forgive Them is a story of espionage, mystery, and murder. Using his ...

  • At the Sign of the Sword - A Story of Love and War in Belgium

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    Warm, brilliant, and cloudless was the July noon. Beneath the summer sun the broad, shallow waters of the Meuse sparkled as they rippled swiftly onward through the deep, winding valley of grey rocks and cool woods on their way from the mountains of L...

  • The Broken Thread

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    The Broken Thread by William Le Queux .He wrote 150 novels dealing with international intrigue, as well as books warning of Britain's vulnerability to European invasion before World War I...

  • The Closed Book

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    These strange facts would never have been placed on record, nor would this exciting chapter of an eventful life have been written, except for two reasons: first, because the discovery I made has been declared to be of considerable importance to s...

  • The Czar's Spy

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    We could tell you what this book was about, but then we'd have to kill you....

  • Devil's Dice

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  • The Doctor Of Pimlico

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    The Doctor of Pimlico (1919) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Doctor of Pimlico is a story of mystery, idolization, and internatio...

  • The Four Faces

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  • The German Spy System from Within

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  • The Golden Face

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    This vintage book contains William Le Queux's 1932 novel, "The Golden Face". The "Golden Face" is the mysterious leader of an organised gangs of ruthless thieves. The reader is taken on a step-by-step descent through the ranks of ...

  • The Great Court Scandal

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    The Great Court Scandal (1907) is a novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Great Court Scandal is a story of international espionage, intrigue, an...

  • The Great God Gold

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  • Guilty Bonds

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  • If Sinners Entice Thee

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    This volume contains William Tufnell Le Queux's 1898 novel, "If Sinners Entice Thee". This marvellous and enthralling novel is highly recommended for fans and collectors of Le Queux's masterful work, and it would make for great additi...

  • The Lady in the Car

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    The Lady in the Car (1908) is a novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Lady in the Car is a story of romance, adventure, and international crime. Usi...

  • The Mysterious Three

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    "A remarkable story, crowded with the most exciting situations, and bristling with crimes which only the brain of a most versatile author could conceive."...

  • The Price of Power - Being Chapters from the Secret History of the Imperial Court of Russia

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    Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Price of Power - Being Chapters from the Secret History of the Imperial Court of Russia. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many y...

  • Sant of the Secret Service - Some Revelations of Spies and Spying

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    Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Sant of the Secret Service - Some Revelations of Spies and Spying. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.

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  • The Sign of the Stranger

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  • The Stretton Street Affair

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    Mr. Le Queux breaks all records for speed and thrills. And he tells you, too, about orosin, that newly discovered poison, a drop of which, on cigar or cigarette, renders the smoker unconscious. A gripping detective and mystery story. Every page prese...

  • This House to Let

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  • The Way to Win

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    I do not think anyone who has studied the progress of the War with care and patience can deny that, during the past few months, a mighty change has come over the aspect of the great struggle. A year ago, when I wrote "Britain's Deadly Peril," the for...

  • Whatsoever a Man Soweth

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  • The White Lie

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    The White Lie (1915) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The White Lie is a story of espionage, mystery, and murder. Using his own resear...

  • Whither Thou Goest

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  • Whoso Findeth a Wife

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  • The Wiles of the Wicked

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    The Wiles of the Wicked (1900) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Wiles of the Wicked is a story of mystery, murder, and redempti...

  • The Bomb-Makers

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    “Do get rid of the girl! Can’t you see that she’s highly dangerous!” whispered the tall, rather overdressed man as he glanced furtively across the small square shop set with little tables, dingy in the haze of tobacco-smoke. It was an obscure...

  • The Day of Temptation

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    The Day of Temptation (1899) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Day of Temptation is a story of mystery, romance, and internation...

  • An Eye for an Eye

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    Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, best-known for his anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906). In addition to his books warning of Britain's vulnerability to European invasion prior to WWI, he wrote aroun...

  • The Eye of Istar

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    We were leaving Omdurman, on an expedition to the far west, beyond the high misty mountains of Marran and the great glaring Saharan plains. Our forces, consisting of over fifteen thousand armed warriors, were assembling to parade and receive our Rule...

  • The Gay Triangle

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    From a derelict shed adjoining a lonely road which stretched for miles across the Norfolk fens, a strange shape slid silently into the night mist. It was a motor-car of an unfamiliar design. The body, of gleaming aluminium, was of unusual width, and ...

  • Her Royal Highness

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    Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Her Royal Highness - A Romance of the Chancelleries of Europe. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.

    This ...

  • Hushed Up

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    Hushed Up! A Mystery of London, William Le Queux's classic tale of intrigue and conspiracy in one of the world's greatest cities, has been enjoyed by readers around the world for almost a century....

  • The Invasion of 1910

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    The Invasion of 1910 (1906) is a novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Invasion of 1910 is a story of espionage, resistance, and international confl...

  • Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo

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    Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo (1921) is a thriller by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo is a story of mystery, murder, and internat...

  • The Minister of Evil

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    The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia plunges into the treacherous world of espionage and political intrigue surrounding one of history's most enigmatic figures. William Le Queux masterfully weaves a tale of histor...

  • The Mystery of the Green Ray

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    On the eve of the First World War, two friends go on a fishing holiday in Scotland before joining up. While staying at the house of retired General McLeod they become aware of mysterious apparitions on the loch. Matters turn more serious when Myra, t...

  • Number 70, Berlin

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    "That man knows too much " "Do you really think he overheard?" "He may not have done. But we must take no risks, my dear fellow. Remember we are at war With people who know too much there's but one way-dismissal," declared Lewin Rodwell, the tall, w...

  • The Seven Secrets

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    The Seven Secrets (1903) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Seven Secrets is a story of mystery, murder, and amateur sleuthing. Usin...

  • The Sign of Silence

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    The Sign of Silence (1915) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Sign of Silence is a story of stolen identity, mystery, and internatio...

  • Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England

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    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 p...

  • The Stolen Statesman

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    As the Right Honourable Reginald Monkton walked towards Charing Cross on that June morning his fifty-odd years appeared to weigh lightly upon him True, his hair was tinged with grey, yet that was but natural after over twenty years of political strif...

  • The Veiled Man - Being an Account of the Risks and Adventures of Sidi - Ahamadou, Sheikh of the Azjar Maraude - The Original Cla

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    Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Veiled Man - Being an Account of the Risks and Adventures of Sidi - Ahamadou, Sheikh of the Azjar Maraude. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is...

  • The Voice from the Void

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  • The Zeppelin Destroyer

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  • Zoraida

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    Zoraida: A Romance (1894) is an adventure novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the beginning of Le Queux’s career as a leading author of popular thrillers, Zoraida: A Romance is a story of adventure, omen, and the dangers of ...

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William Le Queux has published 88 books.

William Le Queux does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England, was published in November 2024.

The first book by William Le Queux, The Secret of the Fox Hunter, was published in December 1991.

No. William Le Queux does not write books in series.
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