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Category: Mainstream Invasion Literature

Invasion by Tunnel, Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1883, Forth, C. , The Surprise of the Channel Tunnel 

C. Forth (1883) The Surprise of the Channel Tunnel Little information about this other than a brief entry in Norman Longmate’s (1991) Island […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1884, Anonymous , How Glasgow Ceased to Flourish: a tale of 1890 

Anonymous (1884) How Glasgow Ceased to Flourish: a tale of 1890, Glasgow, Wilson & McCormick An argument against defence cuts that describes […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1885, Anonymous , The Great War and Disastrous Peace of 1885 

Anonymous [signed M.P.] (1885) The Great War and Disastrous Peace of 1885 A short story of Britain being blockaded and starved into […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1885, Posteritas , The Siege of London 

Posteritas (1885) The Siege of London, London, Wyman & Sons CHAPTER 1. ENGLAND’s POLITICAL MISTAKES. —THE EGYPTIAN MUDDLE.— ALARMING SIGNS IN THE […]

Insurrection, Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1886, Anonymous , The Great Irish Rebellion of 1886 

Anonymous (1886) The Great Irish Rebellion of 1886. Retold by a Landlord. It is hardly surprising, then, that writers of the 1880s, […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1887, Anonymous , The Battle off Worthing: why the Invaders never got to Dorking 

Anonymous (1887) The Battle off Worthing: why the Invaders never got to Dorking As an example of how other writers picked over […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1889, Stockton, F.R. , The Great War Syndicate 

Frank Richard Stockton (1889) The Great War Syndicate, New York, Dodd, Mead and Company. Later, when Stockton turned to novels, he continued […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1890, Donnelly, H. G. , The Stricken Nation 

Henry Grattan Donnelly (1890) The Stricken Nation Although written and published in the USA this book is included to show the opposite […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1889, Cromie, R. , For England’s Sake 

Robert Cromie (1889) For England’s Sake, London, Frederick Warne The British with Indian support defeat the Russians in Afghanistan. For England’s Sake […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1892, Colomb, Admiral P. H. , The War of 189- 

Admiral P. H. Colomb (1892) The War of 189-. London, William Heinemann. Such fears found powerful expression in a new and very […]

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