William Le Queux

William Le Queux was a British journalist, writer and diplomat (1864–1927). He was born at London and died at Knokke-Heist.

Also recorded as William Tufnell Le Queux; The William Tufnell Le Queux.

William Le Queux in brief

Born
1864
Died
1927
Known for
journalist, writer and diplomat
Place of birth
London
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings William Tufnell Le Queux and The William Tufnell Le Queux. His recorded languages were British English and English.

Catalogued works

60 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1725 to 1988.

The Great War in England in 1897. The Invasion of 1910. Britain's Deadly Peril. The Secret Shame of the Kaiser. The Stretton Street Affair. A Madonna of the Music Halls. England's Peril: A Novel. If Sinners Entice Thee. In White Raiment. Of Royal Blood: A Story of the Secret Service. Scribes and Pharisees: A Story of Literary ... Strange Tales of a Nihilist. The Eye of Istar. The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure a... The Unnamed: A Romance of Modern Italy. Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Gre... The Mystery of the Green Ray. The Terror of the Air. The Sign of Silence. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London. The Closed Book. The House of Whispers. The fifth finger. The doctor of Pimlico. The four faces. Hushed up! The lady in the car. As we forgive them. Fatal fingers. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, dated 1978. The war of the nations. British Mystery Megapack Volume 6. Spies of the Kaiser : (with Bonus Book: German Spies in Britain). Rasputin : Secret Files Released. Minister of Evil, and the Secret of the Fox Hunter (Esprios Classics). Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia. William le Queux, Collection Novels. The young archduchess. The golden three. Rasputinism in London. The man from Downing street. La vie secrète de la Tzarine tragique. Bolo, the super-spy. L-ghelm tas-skiet. The Balkan trouble. The secrets of Potsdam. The day of temptation. Way to Win. Foreign Spy. Gamblers. House to Let. Wither Thou Goest. Istoria ekstraordinaria de Rasputin, el papas kriminal... The Lawless Hand. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo. The Riddle of the Ring. The idol of the town. Third Clasic Thriller Collection. The Book of the Sleuth, dated 1988. Texts on medical botany, dated 1725?, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Le Queux, William Tufnell (1864–1927), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. le Queux, William Tufnell, (2 July 1864–13 Oct. 1927), novelist; traveller; Ex-Consul of Republic of San Marino, Who Was Who, 2007. William Le Queux and Russia, Critical Survey, 2020. William Le Queux, the Zeppelin Menace and the Invisible Hand, Critical Survey, 2020. Staging the state of exception: William le Queux and the campaign for emergency powers in Britain 1906–1914, Textual Practice, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

20 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

01 - Introduces Ambler Jevons — Internet Archive. 12 - I Receive A Visitor — Internet Archive. 31 - Contains The Plain Truth — Internet Archive. 09 - Shadows — Internet Archive. Her Royal Highness: A Romance of the Chancelleries of Europe — Internet Archive. The man from downing street (1904) — Internet Archive. The Czar's Spy (2010) — Internet Archive. The Great War in England in 1897 — Internet Archive. 13 - My Love — Internet Archive. 21 - Woman's Wiles — Internet Archive. 05 - Discloses A Mystery — Internet Archive. The Four Faces (2011) — Internet Archive. The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love — Project Gutenberg. The dangerous game — Project Gutenberg. The Sign of the Seven Sins — Project Gutenberg. The Seven Secrets — Project Gutenberg. The Stretton Street Affair — Project Gutenberg. The Mystery of the Green Ray — Project Gutenberg. The Golden Face: A Great 'Crook' Romance — Project Gutenberg. Things I know about kings, celebrities, and crooks — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1864William Le Queux born at London.
  2. 1904The man from downing street digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1927William Le Queux died at Knokke-Heist.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “William Le Queux”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1232165: William Le Queux

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