Project Gutenberg 2010-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 53 Jenkins, Herbert George 1876 1923 John Dene of Toronto: A Comedy of Whitehall Produced by Al Haines, from scans obtained from The Internet Archive. "John Dene of Toronto: A Comedy of Whitehall" by Herbert George Jenkins is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story trends around John Dene, an unconventional inventor from Toronto who comes to England with an innovative military design meant to combat the German U-boats during World War I. His brash personality and directness create a stark contrast with the traditional British officialdom he encounters at the Admiralty. The opening of the book introduces John Dene as he arrives at the Admiralty in London, determined to present his ideas to the First Lord of the Admiralty. His lack of decorum and refusal to follow formalities baffles the staff, highlighting the cultural differences between Dene's straightforward Canadian approach and the reserved British methods. After some initial resistance, he manages to secure an audience, conveying his urgency and confidence in his groundbreaking submarine technology. This sets the stage for further interactions as Dene challenges bureaucratic norms and showcases his swagger as he navigates the complexities of British bureaucracy and military strategy amidst the pressing backdrop of wartime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Missing persons -- Fiction Inventors -- Fiction Secret service -- Fiction Whitehall (London, England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 495953 489151 2024-09-14T06:39:17.787283 2023-09-14T11:20:02.117373 text/html text/html 483525 2021-01-06T21:39:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 166084 2021-01-06T21:39:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 231033 2024-09-14T06:39:26.381204 application/epub+zip 238730 2024-09-14T06:39:19.766260 application/epub+zip 238730 2024-09-14T06:39:18.452267 application/epub+zip 481120 2024-09-14T06:39:31.248188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463772 2024-09-14T06:39:25.638199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420026 2022-09-15T08:59:36.614450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442879 442827 2024-09-14T06:39:16.025309 2023-09-14T11:20:00.476400 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 442676 2021-01-06T21:39:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 161797 2021-01-06T21:39:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 442671 2021-01-06T21:39:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161741 2021-01-06T21:39:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20645 2024-09-14T06:39:31.387162 application/rdf+xml 17117 2024-09-14T06:39:18.821254 image/jpeg 3931 2024-09-14T06:39:18.638262 image/jpeg 225295 2024-09-14T06:39:17.826275 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia