by KNIGHT (Author), Knight (Author), Stephen Knight (Author), Martin Short (Introduction)
A classic and highly controversial expose of the secret world of the Freemasons reissued with a new 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?
Fully updated with a new 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.
Format: paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published:
ISBN 10: 0007246293
ISBN 13: 9780007246298
`Valuable testimony...impressively researched...He most certainly has not been wasting his time.' Observer
`Top on the list of prohibited subjects is Freemasonry...A barrier of secrecy surounds it. It has been breached in several places by Stephen Knight...Some of my best friends are Freemasons. I wish they would read this book...a revelation.' Guardian
Stephen Knight was a journalist and the author of `Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution' and `The Killing of Justice Godfrey'. He also wrote a novel, `Requiem at Rogano'. He died in 1985.
Martin Short is a writer/TV documentary producer whose two outstanding successes to date have been his 13-part Thames-TV series `Crime Inc'. about the Mafia, which spawned a Methuen book of the same name which is still in print 10 years on, and his book on the Freemasons - `Inside the Brotherhood'. He later produced a 6-part ITV documentary series based on this work.