How I Saved the British Empire: Reminiscences of a Bicycling Tour of Great Britain in the Year 1901
- ISBN-10
- 0981922430
- ISBN-13
- 9780981922430
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-07-30
- Author
- Michael Waldock
Description
It is early 1901. The British Empire is at its zenith, but Queen Victoria has just died after 60 years on the throne, and the establishment is unsure of the new King. More trouble is brewing. An old treaty with the Unite States regarding ownership of the Panama Canal is causing trouble, and the German Kaiser feels ready for war with Great Britain. In bucolic Hampshire, Dolly de Vere Biffen, the third son of a landed family, is planning a bicycle tour of the country...Will Dolly become the tool that will mend relations with the U.S. and thwart the Kaiser's plan? Will he, in fact, stumble into saving the British Empire?
