
"Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority. That's exactly what has happened here." -- Horne Fisher in The Man Who Knew Too Much From the creator of the Father Brown mysteries come nine short stories,...

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922) is a book of detective stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton, published by Cassell and company in 1922.

A new edition of G.K. Chesterton's 1922 collection of eight connected mystery stories. Horne Fisher -- the titular man who knew too much -- is a man uniquely situated to solve mysteries because of his intimate connections to the political powers-that-be within England. Yet this...


Complete and unabridged paperback edition. The Man Who Knew Too Much and other stories (1922) is a book of detective stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton, published in 1922 by Cassell and Company in the United Kingdom, and Harper Brothers in the United...

A man of means, Horne Fisher is a well-connected detective who's social and political influence gives him special insight into the underbelly of Britain's elite. G.K. Chesterton uses the protagonist to shine a light on the true nature on the ruling class. In The...

The Man Who Knew Too Much and other stories includes twelve G. K. Chesterton mysteries, the first eight of which are about 'The Man Who Knew Too Much, ' while the final four are individual stories featuring separate heroes and detectives



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Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine has observed...



Horne Fisher is the man who knew too much. He has a brilliant mind and powers of deduction - but he always faces a moral dilemma . These eight adventures will amaze and delight as we follow Horne and his friend, Harold March, in the world of crime among eminent people.

A prolific and much-acclaimed writer, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is best known as the creator of detective-priest Father Brown. Although Chesterton's mysteries constitute only a small fraction of his writings (which include essays, poetry, plays, and biographies), they abound...

" . . . dazzlingly executed and richly atmospheric." -- The Armchair Detective
A prolific and popular writer, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is best known as the creator of detective-priest Father Brown (even though Chesterton's mystery stories constitute only a small...

The Man Who Knew Too Much and other stories (1922) is a book of detective stories by English writer G. K. Chesterton, published by Cassell and Company in 1922.The book contains twelve stories, the first eight of which are about The Man Who Knew Too Much, while the final four...

"Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority." The Man Who Knew Too Much is a compilation of eight detective stories by the English philosopher and prolific writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The protagonist of these stories...

G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Knew Too Much presents a series of unusual detective stories in which knowledge itself becomes the central mystery. At the heart of these stories is Horne Fisher, a man deeply connected to the highest levels of British...



A man of means, Horne Fisher is a well-connected detective who's social and political influence gives him special insight into the underbelly of Britain's elite. G.K. Chesterton uses the protagonist to shine a light on the true nature on the ruling class. In The...


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