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William Le Queux

Mademoiselle of Monte CarloWilliam Le Queux Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo FIRST CHAPTER THE SUICIDE’S CHAIR “Yes! I’m not mistaken at all! It’s the same woman!” whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than him...

The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and TreasonWilliam Le Queux The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason CHAPTER I A ROMANCE! It is a curious story, full of exciting adventures, extraordinary discoveries, and mysteries amazing.Strange, too, that I, Richard Scarsmere, who, when ...

The Four FacesWilliam Le Queux The Four Faces: A Mystery CHAPTER I CURIOSITY IS AROUSED "I confess I'd like to know somethin' more about him.""Where did you run across him first?""I didn't run across him; he ran across me, and in rather a curious way. We live in Linden Gardens now, you know. Seve...

The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of RussiaWilliam Le Queux The Minister of Evil: The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia TO THE READERAfter the issue to the public of the curious chronicle of "Rasputin the Rascal Monk," based upon official documents, and...

The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great CrimeWilliam Le Queux The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime "Enid Drew Back In Terror"CHAPTER I IN WHICH CERTAIN SUSPICIONS ARE EXCITED A grey, sunless morning on the Firth of Tay.Across a wide, sandy waste stretching a...

The House of WhispersWilliam Le Queux The House of Whispers CHAPTER I THE LAIRD OF GLENCARDINE "Why, what's the matter, child? Tell me.""Nothing, dad—really nothing.""But you are breathing hard; your hand trembles; your pulse beats quickly. There's something amiss—I'm sure there is. Now, what is ...

The Czar's SpyWilliam Le Queux The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love CHAPTER I HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SERVICE "There was a mysterious affair last night, signore.""Oh!" I exclaimed. "Anything that interests us?""Yes, signore," replied the tall, thin Italian Consular-clerk, speaking with a ...

German Atrocities. A Record of Shameless DeedsWilliam le Queux German Atrocities / A Record of Shameless Deeds PREFACETHIS fearful and disgraceful record of a Nation’s shame and of an Emperor’s complicity in atrocious crimes against God and man is no work of fiction, but a plain unvarnished state...

The Invasion of 1910William le Queux The Invasion of 1910 / with a full account of the siege of London PREFACE“I sometimes despair of the country ever becoming alive to the danger of the unpreparedness of our present position until too late to prevent some fatal catastrophe.”This was the keynote ...

The Count's ChauffeurWilliam Le Queux The Count's Chauffeur CHAPTER I A MOVE ON THE “FORTY” In Paris, in Rome, in Florence, in Berlin, in Vienna – in fact, over half the face of Europe, from the Pyrenees to the Russian frontier – I am now known as “The Count’s Chauffeur.”An Englishman, as my name...