Written in 1915, while the war still raged, this novel follows a young American scientist, Edestone, who tells the Secretary of State that his secret invention can stop the fighting. He crosses the Atlantic with royalty, is rebuffed by the powers, dodges spies in London taxis and visits Buckingham Palace as he tries to impose peace by force.
A curious American fantasy of technological peace, a period piece of the neutral years before 1917. Download the free EPUB.