02977cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000470011324500150016026400510017530000470022633600260027333700260029933800360032550000950036150000310045650801930048752016640068053400610234465300290240565300420243465300210247665300240249785600630252185600430258477957UtSlPG20260610134815.0mcr n260607r20261913utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aShiel, M. P.q(Matthew Phipps),d1865-194714aThe dragon 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aAlso published under the title: The yellow peril, and serialized under the title: To arms!  aRelease date is 2026-02-16  aAaron Adrignola, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"The dragon" by M. P. Shiel is a novel written in the early 20th century. It appears to be a geopolitical thriller that pits Britain’s heir-apparent, Prince Edward “Teddy,” against the brilliant and ruthless Chinese prodigy Li Ku Yu, as an East–West power struggle gathers toward global crisis. Key figures include the sharp-tongued Queen Minna, the inventive Richard Chinnery, and Oyone, a half-Japanese agent whose loyalties shape the looming conflict.

The opening of the novel begins with Teddy’s upbringing, his mother’s forceful guidance, and his schoolboy duel with Li Ku Yu, after which Teddy is secretly aided by Eulalia Bayley, a girl who captures his heart. It then shifts to London, where Li Ku hardens himself for leadership and recruits Oyone as a covert operative, even tasking her to get close to Chinnery and, if needed, to strike at the British prince. The narrative moves to Peking, where Li Ku stages a coup, restores the Dowager’s power, and rapidly ascends, ruling with harsh reforms and anti-Western propaganda. He tries to bind China and Japan, uses conscription and lurid “cinematograph” campaigns, and exploits a sensational Australian gold discovery to tempt Japan into risky alignments. As he engineers a Russo–Japanese thaw and a German-backed Chinese loan, Europe reels: Shantung becomes a flashpoint, fleets mobilize, and France’s stance is uncertain. In London’s swelling crowds, the Queen speaks defiantly while rumors of Japanese warships sold to Germany ignite panic, and familiar faces—Eulalia, Chinnery, Oyone—watch as Parliament is pressed to act. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Grant Richards Ltd., 1913  aGreat Britain -- Fiction  aImaginary wars and battles -- Fiction  aChina -- Fiction  aSpeculative fiction4 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.3011204203776940uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77957