Authors: Alexander Wilson
Wallace at Bay (22 page)
‘You’ve said a mouthful, Sir Leonard,’ nodded Miles. ‘My! They will hate the name of Wallace more than ever after this.’
‘“
Oderint dum metuant!
”’ murmured Cousins.
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A
LEXANDER
W
ILSON
was a writer, spy and secret service officer. He served in the First World War before moving to India to teach as a Professor of English Literature and eventually became Principal of Islamia College at the University of Punjab in Lahore. He began writing spy novels whilst in India and he enjoyed great success in the 1930s with reviews in the
Telegraph, Observer
and the
Times Literary Supplement
amongst others. Wilson also worked as an intelligence agent and his characters are based on his own fascinating and largely unknown career in the Secret Intelligence Service. He passed away in 1963.
The Mystery of Tunnel 51
The Devil’s Cocktail
Wallace of the Secret Service
Get Wallace!
His Excellency, Governor Wallace
Microbes of Power
Wallace at Bay
Wallace Intervenes
Chronicles of the Secret Service
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First published in 1938.
This ebook edition published by Allison & Busby in 2015.
Copyright © 1938 by T
HE
A
LEXANDER
W
ILSON
E
STATE
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ISBN 978-0-7490-1880-1