Christmas features in two Wallace of the Secret Service novels by Alexander Wilson. In ‘The Devil’s Cocktail’ (published in 1928) the British Secret Service agent, Captain Hugh Shannon, sent to India to combat a deadly plot by Soviet Agents, is summoned on Christmas Day to be told to leave his role as a Professor of…
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His Excellency Governor Wallace – Secret Service battle in Hong Kong in 1936
Alexander Wilson’s 1936 Wallace of the Secret Service novel switches the dramatic fight to preserve the British Empire by Sir Leonard Wallace to what was then the highly lucrative colony of Hong Kong- on lease from China. Herbert Jenkins explained ‘What This Story Is About’: Although some months separated the publications of Alexander Wilson’s rousing…
Get Wallace! Alexander Wilson’s fourth Secret Service novel published in 1934
‘Get Wallace’ firmly established Alexander Wilson’s fictional British Secret Service as something English speaking readers could identify with. It was rapidly becoming an imaginative force policing the world and keeping people safe from the evils of organised crime. The first publisher Herbert Jenkins explained ‘What This Story Is About’ Sir Leonard Wallace, the famous chief…
Mystery of Tunnel 51 – the first Wallace of the Secret Service novel 1928
The first publishers of Alexander Wilson’s first novel ‘The Mystery of Tunnel 51’ issued the following details about the book in their periodical for libraries and the book-trade called ‘Longmans List’: Notes on Books, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, July 1928 The Mystery of Tunnel 51 By Alexander Wilson, Crown 8vo, pp. vi + 345,…
The Devil’s Cocktail – The Great Game in late 1920s British India
This is one of the most significant and remarkable espionage novels of the 1920s. It is set in Lahore, the Punjab during the time of the Raj in British India and the action, suspense and drama is another intense Alexander Wilson narrative of the early 20th century Great Game of intelligence between the British Empire…
Wallace of the Secret Service – third espionage volume published 1933
‘Wallace of the Secret Service’ was the first Alexander Wilson espionage novel featuring Sir Leonard Wallace and his global imperial counter-intelligence service published by Herbert Jenkins in 1933. Such was its popularity the volume went into a second imprint in 1939. Its success can be attributed to the structure of ten self-contained stories and adventures…
Alexander Wilson - Author, Adventurer and Spy 