Publisher's Synopsis
When William Came: A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns British author Saki (the pseudonym of writer Hector Hugh Munro) published his invasion fiction novel in 1913, setting it in what was, at the time, the future. The novel explores life after a war between Germany and Great Britain, which Germany wins. William in the title is Kaiser Wilhelm II, who came from the House of Hohenzollern. Life in London under German occupation is difficult following the foreign invasion. In one instance, a Brit is fined on the spot for walking on the grass in Hyde Park. Like his contemporaries, Saki predicted World War I and his work helped create a literary genre that flourished as tensions between European nations increased.
