The White Lie

Along the coast of Norfolk, a naval officer and a local politician discuss the death of Dick Harbonne, a man found dead in a nearby ditch. As the two men inspect the ongoing project to establish a telegraph line between London and Berlin, Lieutenant Barclay has a terrifying realization. The White Lie is a thriller by William Le Queux.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: William Le Queux, William Le Queux
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2021
• EAN: 9781513280899
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-8089-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—Crime, Thrillers and Detective Work; Mint Editions (Crime, Thrillers and Detective Work)
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, Classic crime, Thriller / suspense, Espionage and spy thriller, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary