Bültmann & Gerriets
An Eye for an Eye
von Le Queux William
Verlag: Double9 Books
Hardcover
ISBN: 9789359954325
Erschienen am 01.11.2023
Sprache: Englisch
Format: 216 mm [H] x 140 mm [B] x 11 mm [T]
Gewicht: 249 Gramm
Umfang: 192 Seiten

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The book "An Eye for an Eye" by using William Le Queux could be very interesting. The placing of this secret agent story is early twentieth-century Europe, and the story is about spying, conspiracy, and international intrigue. Mark Raymond, the principle individual, is a British secret carrier agent who gets stuck up in a complicated web of international spying. Le Queux skillfully crafts a story of political intrigue and spying, following Raymond as he solves a risky puzzle of espionage and deception. There are a whole lot of unexpected turns inside the tale, consisting of risky personal sports, aggravating political situations, and mystery sports. The author's writing expertly combines mystery, suspense, and excessive-stakes action to color a brilliant photo of the world of espionage at the time. As Raymond digs deeper into the plot, the story becomes a thrilling adventure of spying, figuring out hidden motives, and surviving risky conditions. "An Eye for an Eye" is a conventional spy mystery that suggests how precise Le Queux is at writing a story that maintains readers on the edge in their seats even as exploring the damaging and secret international of worldwide espionage via the eyes of a brave most important man or woman.



Anglo-French journalist and author William Tufnell Le Queux was born on July 2, 1864, and died on October 13, 1927. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveler (in Europe, the Balkans, and North Africa), a fan of flying (he presided over the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909), and a wireless pioneer who played music on his own station long before radio was widely available. However, he often exaggerated his own skills and accomplishments. The Great War in England in 1897 (1894), a fantasy about an invasion by France and Russia, and The Invasion of 1910 (1906), a fantasy about an invasion by Germany, are his best-known works. Le Queux was born in the city. The man who raised him was English, and his father was French. He went to school in Europe and learned art in Paris from Ignazio (or Ignace) Spiridon. As a young man, he walked across Europe and then made a living by writing for French newspapers. He moved back to London in the late 1880s and managed the magazines Gossip and Piccadilly. In 1891, he became a parliamentary reporter for The Globe. He stopped working as a reporter in 1893 to focus on writing and traveling.