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The original agent Q; In touch: Le Queux was one of the first to exploit the potential of technology in his spy thrillers.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20070912
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Byline: CHARLES LEGGE

QUESTION What is known of William Le Queux, whose thriller The Invasioncaused such a stir in Edwardian Britain?

NEXT month marks the 80th anniversary of the death of writer andself-proclaimed secret agent Le Queux (pronounced Q), 'the master of mystery',credited by some with creating the prototype of 007. His thrillers outsoldthose of Edgar Wallace and John Buchan.

Born in 1864, the son of a draper's assistant, in Walworth, London, Le Queuxsoon left his working-class roots to study in Italy and Paris before beginninga career in journalism.

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