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The Secrets of Potsdam

William Le Queux

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .The Baron did not reply until we were back again in the cosy room in Neuilly. Then, opening his cigar-box, he said:

"That young man, the author of the outrageous insults to His Majesty, is known as Franz Seeliger, but he is the disgraced, ne'er-do-well son of General von Trautmann, Captain-General of the Palace Guard."

"The son of old Von Trautmann!" I gasped in utter amazement. "Does the father know?"

The Baron grinned and shrugged his shoulders.

Then after I had related to him the incident at the "Esplanade," he said:

"That is of greatest interest. Will you return to Berlin and report to the Emperor what you have seen here? His Majesty has given me that instruction."

Much mystified, I was also highly excited that the actual writer of those abominable letters had been traced and identified. The Baron told me of the long weeks of patient inquiry and careful watching; of how the young fellow had been followed to . . . Read More

Community Reviews

I was unable to determine if Le Queux was writing real person fanfiction, or if he actually did have a contact who told him about the inner life of the German court. Wikipedia classifies Secrets of Potsdam as nonfiction. Since Le Queux appears to have been in British intelligence, the latter might b

Perfectly well-written, if a little dated, The Secrets of Potsdam consists of a collection of short stories regarding espionage, royal affairs and general skulduggery surrounding the German court at the turn of the 1900s. All are quite readable, most are more long-winded than they need to be and a f