I Beginnings

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Note on spelling xi
7. Acknowledgements xii
8. Introduction 1
9. I Beginnings 19
10. 1 The Battles of Dorking 21
11. II Expertise, public opinion and invasion-scare fiction, 1870s to 1914 53
12. 2 After Dorking 55
13. 3 Public appeals and fiction, c. 1880–1894 83
14. 4 Expert opinion and public pressure 117
15. III Authors and readers 151
16. 5 Fiction and society 153
17. 6 Readers and receptions 189
18. IV Fiction goes to war 229
19. 7 Invasion-scare literature and the First World War 231
20. Conclusion 263
21. Bibliography 274
22. Index 310