"Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain's Peril" by William Le Queux is a gripping tale set against the backdrop of early 20th-century tensions, where Jack Sainsbury, a working man, finds himself entangled in a web of deceit spun by his influential bosses, Lewin Rodwell and Sir Boyle Huntley. As Sainsbury pieces together fragments of overheard conversations, he uncovers a dangerous plot that questions the allegiances of those in power. His loyalty is tested, his love for Elise Shearman complicated, and the weight of the British Empire's fate rests unexpectedly on his shoulders as he navigates a treacherous landscape of espionage and wartime morality.
Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain's Peril
By William Le Queux
A patriotic act turns perilous when a man overhears a little too much at work, uncovering a conspiracy that could shatter the empire around him.
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About the AuthorWilliam 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 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.
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 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.
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