{"product_id":"knight-yorkshireman-storyteller-spy-9780995629981","title":"Knight: Yorkshireman, Storyteller, Spy","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Vivid, detailed and fully of lively writing; Knight is a fascinating portrait of a remarkable man.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Henry Hemming, author of 'M' Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe epic tale of a major inter-war novelist whose work was lauded by the literary establishment of the 1930s - but overshadowed by his biggest hit. As a 10-year-old working in a Leeds knacker's yard, Eric Knight had a dream. Emigrating to the USA, he reinvented himself as artist, newspaper reporter, film critic and best-selling novelist. His books were praised by Ernest Hemingway and H L Mencken, and turned into Hollywood movies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn infantryman in the First World War, he served again in the Second - in espionage, propaganda and intelligence. Amond his confidants were O.S.S chief 'Wild Bill' Donovan, UK ambassador Lord Halifax and President Roosevelt. In 1943, on a secret mission to meet Churchill and FDR in North Africa, his plane was blown up, killing all on board. And what is this extraordinary man remembered for? A little pot-boiler he sold for $10,000: 'Lassie, Come-Home.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Christie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ouen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995629981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreg Christie's research into the life of Eric Knight took him on an incredible journey of discovery - to Yale University, upper New York state, rural New Mexico and California. It unravelled a web of contacts from Walt Disney to Ian Fleming and Sir Stafford Cripps. It took twenty years, during which he lost his sight, but finally Christie pieced together this extraordinary tale of a man erased from the history books - possibly by design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ouen Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40711701037171,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1168e36d-13f5-4951-9e10-3e75a1543cb1.jpg?v=1676561837","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/knight-yorkshireman-storyteller-spy-9780995629981","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}