Synopsis Of KNIGHT: Yorkshireman, Storyteller, Spy

Written by Jan Rosser in Books on 03 Jun 2019 | Views: 67

Synopsis Of KNIGHT: Yorkshireman, Storyteller, Spy

Paula from Ouen Press tells us about this biography by Greg Christie which is released as an Audiobook today June 3rd 2019.

"Epic heroic story about the man who created Lassie." Yorkshire child labourer, Hollywood Writer, American Spy. 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. An 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. The 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. Greg 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. You can buy the Audiobook from Amazon.

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