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The Invasion of 1910

William Le Queux

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .e stern of his boat had blown it completely away. Yet the remnant of the boat had still floated.

Lord Ebbfleet surveyed the scene with rueful eyes. The Indefatigable and Resistance, two of his powerful battleships, were out of action, and could take no more part in operations for weeks. The Leicestershire was in the same plight. From sixteen battleships his force had fallen to fourteen; his armoured cruiser squadron was reduced from eight ships to seven. To remain in the anchorage without destroyers and torpedo boats to keep a lookout would be to court further torpedo attacks, and perhaps the even more insidious danger from German submarines, and might well imperil the safety of the British reserve ships. Only one course remained—to weigh and proceed to sea, endeavouring to pass south to meet the reserve ships.

Efforts to communicate his intention to the Admiralty failed. The roar of firing had awakened Leith and Edinburgh; people were pouring into. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Annoyingly, pointlessly detailed. British propaganda. Poorly aged, but an interesting introspective on British thinking in 1906. If ONLY we listened to Lord Robert's speech in 1906. IF ONLY!!!

The level of detail - town to town, skirmish to skirmish - made me feel like Germany really did invade England back in 1910. Often I was bored, other times I became very emotional (including almost being brought to tears by one scene), and most of the time it was all eerily…legit.

The best sections

More of a textbook than a novel, but a fascinating historical document which, in response to the author's perception of a rundown in British defence, posits a German invasion of the UK, in glorious detail. It apparently had an enormous impact and galavanised the Army/Navy somewhat in the lead up to

A sort of early 20th century Red Dawn in which England wakes up one morning to find it has been invaded by Germany. There's plenty of action in this alternate history and the naval battles are particularly well described. The innovations of WWI technology - trench building, armored motor vehicles, a

Warmongering at its Best

London becomes England's Alamo!
Specifically written to inflame England's literate population to support National Service and a strong military. Uses the German "threat" to inflame nationalism, prejudice against foreigners, and suspicion against immigrants. Seemingly written b

Interesting read but seems dated and not really believable

Its not the best written book in the world. I'd say it is an interesting read for its history context. It is interesting to read into the paranoia about an aggressive Germany in the years running up to the First World War.
The format could be improved; it is written using newspaper articles which tak

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