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When William came : a story of London under the Hohenzollerns by Saki is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From a 1914 edition.When William Came: A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns (1913) is SAKI's Dystopian novel predicting a futuristic "Great War" between Germany and Great Britain in which Germany is victorious and occupies London. "William" refers to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Interestingly, Munro himself was killed during World War I by a German sniper while fighting in the 22nd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars as a master of the short story, and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.

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Author

Saki

Publisher

Duke Classics

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781620124048

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction