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William Tufnell Le Queux ( 1864 - 1927) was an English journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, an explorer, an aficionado of flying (he officiated at the first air meeting to take place in the UK - Doncaster October 1909), a wireless pioneer (he broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available) and he was and is a truly fascinating man.

He was an author of mystery, thriller, and espionage stories; "The Master of Mystery", according to some.

Le Queux is a founder of those types of genre fiction; other comparable authors are E. Phillips Oppenheim , Guy Boothby , Louis Tracy, Edgar Wallace, John Buchan and "Sapper".

He was the original editor of Harmsworth 's War of the Nations ; Wallace took over later.

His claims regarding his own activities were exaggerated, but he was, nevertheless, successful in many fields in his lifetime.

One of his characters, a spy called Duckworth Drew, is said to have provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's fictional creation, James Bond. There are a number of coincidences (or clues?):

William Le Queux’s surname is pronounced ‘Q’
The hero is a gentleman and a womaniser
He works for the Marquis of Macclesfield, known as MM
Two Le Queux novels feature Bond in the title: Guilty Bonds and Bond Of Black
Another is called The Man With The Fatal Finger - a cross between The Man with the Golden Gun and Goldfinger?

[SOURCE: Article by Geoffrey Levy - Daily Mail November 2nd 1995]

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