1871, Sketchley, A. [Rose, G.] , Mrs Brown on the Battle of Dorking
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Arthur Sketchley [George Rose] (1871) Mrs Brown on the Battle of Dorking
Category: Parody/Spoof/Satire
1803, Gillray, J. , French Invasion or Buonaparte Landing in Great Britain
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Satirical prints by James Gillray It is worth remembering that while this site concentrates on invasion scare stories of the Victorian and Edwardian era there is a long history of invasion fears represented in literature and art. Of particular interest are the satirical prints dating from the late 18C and early 19C, especially those of […]
1871, Anonymous , Punch – The Battle of Dorking
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Anonymous (1871) The Battle of Dorking – Punch 20th May 1871
1908, Anonymous – Punch , Essence of Parliament
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Anonymous (1908) Essence of Parliament – Punch, July 15, 1908 A satirical sketch of Parliamentary proceedings. Available online at: https://archive.org/stream/punchvol134a135lemouoft#page/n561/mode/2up
1909, Anonymous – Punch – The Invaders
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Anonymous – Punch (1909) The Invaders – Punch, 17th March 1909 Another satirical piece in Punch satirising the stories of Le Queux and others. Available online at: https://archive.org/stream/punchvol136a137lemouoft#page/n228/mode/1up
1909, Hawke, N. , The Invasion That Did Not Come Off
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Napier Hawke (1909) The Invasion That Did Not Come Off The Invasion That Did Not Come Off by an author named Napier Hawke, satirizes the very conventions to which it both adheres and contributes. Hawke sends up the army, navy, government, and press; representative characters are distinguished only by their stupidity, corruption, and contentiousness. This […]
1909, Milne A.A. , The Secret of the Army Aeroplane
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A. A. Milne (1909) The Secret of the Army Aeroplane – Punch 26th May 1909 Note: the year is misquoted by I.F. Clarke and copied by later writers as 1908. THE SECRET OF THE ARMY AEROPLANE. (Mr. WILLIAM LE QUEUX wishes to deny indignantly that the following tale was written by him. On the contrary, […]
1906, Oldmeadow, E. , The North Sea Bubble: A Fantasia
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Ernest Oldmeadow (1906) The North Sea Bubble: A Fantasia A post “Battle of Dorking” spoof. Ernest Oldmeadow’s earlier North Sea Bubble (1906) also imagined the Germans wooing their new vassals with universal Christmas gifts and subsidised food. Indeed, the worst atrocities inflicted by the occupiers in Oldmeadow’s German Britain are the introduction of a diet […]
1909, Wodehouse, P. G. , The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England
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The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England, by P. G. Wodehouse A comic short novel satirizing the genre of invasion literature. The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England is a short comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Alston Rivers Ltd, London, on April 16, 1909. Its subtitle is […]
1910, Anonymous, Punch – Strength at the Helm
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Anonymous (1910) Strength at the Helm – Punch 7th December 1910. A satirical article on German Spies. Available online at: https://archive.org/stream/punchvol138a139lemouoft#page/902/mode/2up