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They Knew Mr. Knight

by Dorothy Whipple · 1934

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The Blakes are an ordinary family: Celia looks after the house and Thomas works at the family engineering business in Leicester. This book begins when he meets Mr Knight, a financier as crooked as any on the front pages of our newspapers nowadays; and tracks his and his family's swift climb and fall.

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1930s1930sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 484 pages

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