The US and International edition of the biography of ‘Alec’ Alexander Wilson, The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent: Second Edition (January 2019) is now available at amazon.com and other global online sellers for $24.75, usually available to ship in 1 to 2 days. Beginnings and First Novels Alexander Wilson first enjoyed success with writing…
Tag: Wallace Of The Secret Service
Chronicles of the Secret Service – three Wallace spy stories in one in 1940
Chronicles of the Secret Service was first published by Herbert Jenkins in 1940. This is how they explained ‘What This Story Is About’: Such novels as Wallace of the Secret Service, Get Wallace, His Excellency Governor Wallace and Wallace Intervenes have achieved their extraordinary wide sales not only because they are thrillers of the front…
Wallace at Bay – Secret Service war against terrorists in London 1938
‘Wallace at Bay’ is about gripping counter-intelligence operations taking place in and around the Little Venice area of Maida Vale- in streets and locations wholly familiar to Alexander Wilson during the last 1930s. This is a novel that gives the reader an evocative and realistic experience of being on the streets of London in 1938….
Microbes of Power – deadly espionage in Cyprus 1937
“Microbes of Power” is a pioneering espionage novel analysing the threat to world peace posed by biological weapons. It was unique in the Secret Service thriller genre of the 1930s to explore the threat posed by using bacteria and viruses in war. The novel also stood out for offering positive representation of women intelligence agents…
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…
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 