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3 unusual facts about William Le Queux


Kajaani Castle

The castle figures in the novel The Czar's Spy, by William Le Queux, where it is a terrifying prison held by the Russians who occupy Finland.

William Le Queux

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 of which was a phenomenal bestseller.

Le Queux was interested in radio communication; he was a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers and carried out some radio experiments in 1924 in Switzerland with Dr. Petit Pierre and Max Amstutz.


The Great War in England in 1897

The Great War in England in 1897 was written by William Le Queux and published in 1894.


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