The Battle of Dorking
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The Battle of Dorking is a novel of the genre which has been termed Invasion literature. It was written by George Tomkyns Chesney and has been seen as an influence on H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds.
It was first published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine, then in pamphlet form before finally appearing as a novel. It went through several editions and engaged the interest of soldiers and politicians, as well as the reading public. Chesney was a captain in the Royal Engineers and had grown concerned over the ramshackle state of Britain's armed forces. He used fiction as a device to promulgate his views after letters and journalism on the issue had failed to impact on the public consciousness. The story gains power from its point of view from after a successful invasion of Britain.
[edit] External links
- I.F. Clarke, 1997. "Before and After The Battle of Dorking".
- George Tomkyns Chesney (1871). The Battle of Dorking. London, G. Richards ltd., 1914, introduction by G. H. Powell. From Internet Archive.
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