Le Queux was the first and most prolific of all British spy writers, but Spies of the Kaiser was not just another tale of scheming foreigners and plucky British heroes, for this paranoid tale of German secret agents plotting the invasion of Britain played a major part in the formation of MI5, Britain's counter-espionage organisation. In his introduction, intelligence historian Nicholas Hiley explains how Le Queux's powerful blend of fact and fiction inspired a whole generation of British secret service officers, and led MI5 in a nation-wide hunt for a non-existent enemy.
- ISBN10 033186925X
- ISBN13 9780331869255
- Publish Date 23 April 2018 (first published 1 November 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Forgotten Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 382
- Language English