Bøker av Stephen Knight

A fast paced action packed international thriller and ultimate espionage adventure. The action moves from the Kremlin, to the biggest nuclear missile sites in the then Soviet Union and the United States followed by their escape via Singapore to Australia. Following their arrest by INTERPOL and with their CIA Black Ops training they are sent Afghanistan. For several years Gerry Williams and Peter Shelby are manipulated by Soviet and American task masters to undertake perilous missions culminating with their eventual sanctuary in China.

English Industrial Fiction of the Mid-Nineteenth Century discusses the valuable fiction written in mid-nineteenth century Britain which represents the situations of the new breed of industrial workers.

Jack the Ripper... Ein Name aus der Anthologie, der im schwarzen Pantheon der legendären Kriminellen glänzt - wahrscheinlich der bekannteste anonyme Mörder der Welt. Sein anhaltender Ruhm beruht auf seiner gut gehüteten Anonymität. Es wurde mehr Tinte über ihn verschüttet, als er bei all seinen Morden Blut vergossen hat; Millionen und Abermillionen von Wörtern, die uns, wenn wir sie zusammenfügen würden, ... nirgendwohin führen würden. Ja, nirgendwohin, denn wenn alles gesagt ist, die Indizien angehäuft und getestet, die Theorien gezählt und gegeneinander abgewogen, die Argumente für diesen oder jenen Verdächtigen durch das Wasser und das Sieb der Analyse gejagt wurden, kommen wir immer genau an den Punkt, von dem wir ausgegangen sind: den dichten Nebel der Ungewissheit.Immer - bis jetzt.Ein großer Teil der Faszination des Jack the Ripper-Falls lag immer in seinem anhaltenden Geheimnis; ein Puzzlespiel über die verführerische Möglichkeit - und Unmöglichkeit - endloser Vermutungen entstand daraus und versprach schreckliche Migräneanfälle.Sie halten ein Buch von größter Bedeutung in den Händen, das jeder, der auch nur einen Funken Neugier auf die Morde von Jack the Ripper hat, unbedingt lesen und mit größter Aufmerksamkeit betrachten sollte.Die Lektüre verspricht, spannend zu werden. Und diese bietet auf alarmierende Weise eine sehr überzeugende Endlösung.

Jack lo Squartatore... Un nome da antologia che brilla nel pantheon nero dei criminali leggendari - probabilmente l'assassino anonimo più conosciuto del pianeta. La sua fama duratura si basa sull'anonimato ben custodito. Su di lui è stato versato più inchiostro di quanto ne abbia versato in tutti i suoi omicidi; milioni e milioni di parole che, se messe insieme, non ci porterebbero... da nessuna parte. Sì, da nessuna parte, perché quando tutto è stato detto, gli indizi accumulati e verificati, le teorie contate e pesate, le argomentazioni a favore di questo o quel sospetto passate al setaccio dell'analisi, arriviamo sempre al punto esatto da cui siamo partiti: la fitta nebbia dell'incertezza.Sempre... fino ad ora.Gran parte del fascino del caso di Jack lo Squartatore ha sempre risieduto nel suo perdurante mistero; si è creato un gioco di prestigio con la seducente possibilità - e impossibilità - di congetture infinite, che promettono terribili mal di testa.Avete tra le mani un libro della massima importanza, che chiunque abbia anche solo un briciolo di curiosità per gli omicidi di Jack lo Squartatore non dovrebbe trascurare di leggere e considerare con attenzione incessante.Promette di essere una lettura affascinante. E questo libro offre una soluzione finale molto convincente.

Jack el Destripador... Un nombre de antología que brilla en el panteón negro de los criminales legendarios: probablemente, el asesino anónimo más conocido del planeta. Su fama imperecedera descansa en su bien guardado anonimato. Se ha vertido más tinta sobre él que la que él ha vertido en todos sus asesinatos; millones y millones de palabras que, si las juntáramos, nos llevarían... a ninguna parte. Sí, a ninguna parte, porque, una vez dicho todo, acumuladas y probadas las pistas, contadas y sopesadas las teorías, pasados por el tamiz del análisis los argumentos a favor de tal o cual sospechoso, siempre llegamos al punto exacto del que partimos: la espesa niebla de la incertidumbre.Siempre... hasta ahora.Gran parte de la fascinación por el caso de Jack el Destripador ha residido siempre en su perdurable misterio; ha surgido un juego de rompecabezas de la seductora posibilidad -e imposibilidad- de interminables conjeturas, que prometen horribles quebraderos de cabeza.Tiene usted en sus manos un libro de la máxima importancia, que cualquiera que tenga un ápice de curiosidad por los asesinatos de Jack el Destripador no debería dejar de leer y considerar con atención infatigable.Promete ser una lectura fascinante. Y ésta, de forma alarmante, ofrece una solución final de lo más convincente.

First poetry collection for 8 years from a long-admired poet who has twice been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize

In this book Stephen Knight, long-established as an authority on the genre and now back in Melbourne, tells in detail and with analytic coherence the story of a rich but previously little-known national crime fiction.

The first collection of major scholarly studies of aspects of the Robin Hood tradition.

Discusses in detail the books selected as the most popular and influential mysteries across time. Starting with Caleb Williams (William Godwin) and Edgar Huntly (Charles Brockden Brown), the series moves through the great detective authors, considers lesser-known important early books, and examines more recent titles to show the increasing variety in the mystery genre.

"Crime fiction features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came to play the central role, the protagonists tended to be lawyers. English writers like Gaskell, Dickens and Collins contributed to the genre and American and French authors created new forms. This book explores thematic aspects of 19th century crime fiction's complex history"--

Explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw, who from the middle ages to the present stands up for the values of natural law and true justice. -- .

Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin from to the early Welsh figure of Myrddin, through centuries of literature and art, and to contemporary examples of literature, film, and television.

Since its appearance nearly two centuries ago, crime fiction has gripped readers' imaginations around the world. Detectives have varied enormously: from the nineteenth-century policemen (and a few women), through stars like Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, to newly self-aware voices of the present - feminist, African American, lesbian, gay, postcolonial and postmodern.Stephen Knight's fascinating book is a comprehensive analytic survey of crime fiction from its origins in the nineteenth century to the present day. Knight explains how and why the various forms of the genre have evolved, explores a range of authors and movements, and argues that the genre as a whole has three parts - the early development of Detection, the growing emphasis on Death, and the modern celebration of Diversity.The expanded second edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of recent research and new developments, such as ethnic crime fiction, the rise of thrillers in the serial-killer and urban collapse modes, and feel-good 'cozies'. It also explores a number of fictional works which have been published in the last few years and features a helpful glossary. With full references, and written in a highly engaging style, this remains the essential short guide for readers of crime fiction everywhere!

Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. Each of the book's four central chapters identifies a particular model of the hero, mythic or biographic.

A classic and highly controversial expose of the secret world of the Freemasons reissued with an introduction by Martin Short, author of 'Inside the Brotherhood'.The Freemasons have long fascinated outsiders. The subject of Dan Brown's new novel - set for release in 2007 - this secret and exclusive society, thought to be the largest in Britain today, remains a mystery to the many excluded from its ranks. One would never know if a father or brother was a member due to the mandatory vow of secrecy.In this classic, controversial expose, Stephen Knight talks to the men on the inside - those who have broken their vow of secrecy to reveal the darker side of the 'brotherhood'. Do they influence the law? Is the KGB involved? And is there is a secret group of Masons running the country today, perhaps influencing every move we make?Now with an introduction by Martin Short, acclaimed author of 'Inside the Brotherhood', this is the unmissable, true story of an ancient, and mysterious brotherhood operating in our midst.