The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventurers

"The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventurers" by William Le Queux is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story embarks on the thrilling adventures of Dick Manton, a war-hero airman turned motor dealer, and Yvette Pasquet, a determined French girl seeking to recover stolen jewels. Their endeavors lead them on high-stakes missions involving smuggling, espionage, and aerial escapades during a turbulent period in history. The opening of the book introduces a mysterious scene involving a motorcar that transforms into a monoplane, capturing the reader's attention with its stealthy and innovative design. We are introduced to Dick Manton at a dance in a small town, where the excitement of his previous wartime exploits lingers in his memory. His life changes upon the surprise appearance of Yvette and her brother, who have urgent business. Yvette unveils a daring plan to recover the infamous jewels of Rasputin, stolen by a cunning German adversary, laying the groundwork for a series of thrilling escapades that combine romance, adventure, and deception in a world still recovering from the war. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.