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Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1871, Payn, J. , The Cruise of the Anti-Torpedo 

James Payn (1871) The Cruise of the Anti-Torpedo, Chambers Journal [Being an account of the voyage of the last ship left to […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1877, Anonymous , Fifty Years Hence – An Old Soldiers Tale of England’s Downfall 

Anonymous (1877) Fifty Years Hence – An Old Soldiers Tale of England’s Downfall, London, G.W. Bacon & Co. A soldier’s reminiscences from […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Torpedo Warfare, Works

1877, Walker, W.H. , The Invasion 

W. H. Walker (1877) The Invasion An account of an imaginary invasion of Australia by a Russian fleet. WE had lived such […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1879, Dekhnewallah, A. , The Great Russian Invasion of India 

A. Dekhnewallah (1879) The Great Russian Invasion of India – A sequel to the Afghanistan campaign of 1878-9 In 1879, a certain […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1879, Eça de Queirós , A Catastrofe 

José Maria Eça de Queirós (1879) A Catastrofe – published posthumously in 1925 The following are taken from Alan Freeland (1999) Imagined […]

Future Fantasy, Works

1881, Lang-Tung , The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 

Lang-Tung (Pseudonym) (1881) The Decline and Fall of the British Empire: Being a History of England Between the Years 1840-1981: Written for […]

Invasion by Tunnel, Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1882, Vindex , England Crushed 

Vindex (pseudonym) England Crushed; The Secret of the Channel Tunnel Revealed: Being the Literal Translation of a Secret Despatch Recently Revised and […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1889, Anonymous , Bombardment of Scarbro’ by the Russian Fleet in 1891 

Anon (1889) Bombardment of Scarbro’ by the Russian Fleet in 1891, and Terrific Battle of Scalby Beck, and Other Stories More details […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1883, Anonymous , The Story of the battle of Port Said 

Anonymous (1883) The Story of the battle of Port Said : a chapter in the history of the future. London : Offices […]

Mainstream Invasion Literature, Works

1889, Anonymous , England’s Danger; or, Rifts Within the Lute. A Russian Plot 

Anonymous (1889) England’s Danger; or, Rifts Within the Lute. A Russian Plot THE MAGAZINES AT PORTSMOUTH. PRECISELY at a quarter past eight, […]

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