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The Man Who Knew Too Much

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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 States. It contains eight connected short stories about "The Man Who Knew Too Much", and unconnected stories featuring other heroes/detectives. The United States edition contains one of these additional stories: "The Trees of Pride", while the United Kingdom edition contains "Trees of Pride" and three shorter stories: "The Garden of Smoke", "The Five of Swords" and "The Tower of Treason". First publication The stories were first published in Harper's Monthly Magazine between April 1920 and June 1922: April 1920: "The Face in the Target" ( vol. 140, April 1920, pp. 577–587) August 1920: "II. The Vanishing Prince, A Story" (August 1920, pp. 320–330) September 1920: "III. The Soul of the Schoolboy" (v. 141, Sept. 1920, pp. 512–521) March 1921: "IV. The Bottomless Well" (v. 142, March 1921, pp. 504–514) June 1921: "V. The Fad of the Fisherman" (June 1921, pp. 9–20) October 1921: "VI. The Hole in the Wall" (v. 143, Oct. 1921, pp. 572–586) May 1922: "VII. The Temple of Silence" (v. 144, May 1922, pp. 783–798) June 1922: "The Vengeance of the Statue" (v. 145, June 1922, pp. 10–22) Other stories in the book Other stories that were added in the book: "The Trees of Pride" "The Garden of Smoke" (U.K. edition only) "The Five of Swords" (U.K. edition only) "The Tower of Treason" (U.K. edition only) The Man Who Knew Too Much stories Horne Fisher, "The Man Who Knew Too Much", is the protagonist of the first eight stories. In the final story, "The Vengeance of the Statue", Fisher notes: "The Prime Minister is my father's friend. The Foreign Minister married my sister. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is my first cousin." Because of these intimate relationships with the leading political figures in the land, Fisher knows too much about the private politics behind the public politics of the day. This knowledge is a burden to him in the eight stories, because he is able to uncover the injustices and corruptions of the murders in each story, but in most cases the real killer gets away with the killing because to bring him openly to justice would create a greater chaos: starting a war, reinciting Irish rebellions or removing public faith in the government.

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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 States. It contains eight connected short stories about "The Man Who Knew Too Much", and unconnected stories featuring other heroes/detectives. The United States edition contains one of these additional stories: "The Trees of Pride", while the United Kingdom edition contains "Trees of Pride" and three shorter stories: "The Garden of Smoke", "The Five of Swords" and "The Tower of Treason". First publication The stories were first published in Harper's Monthly Magazine between April 1920 and June 1922: April 1920: "The Face in the Target" ( vol. 140, April 1920, pp. 577–587) August 1920: "II. The Vanishing Prince, A Story" (August 1920, pp. 320–330) September 1920: "III. The Soul of the Schoolboy" (v. 141, Sept. 1920, pp. 512–521) March 1921: "IV. The Bottomless Well" (v. 142, March 1921, pp. 504–514) June 1921: "V. The Fad of the Fisherman" (June 1921, pp. 9–20) October 1921: "VI. The Hole in the Wall" (v. 143, Oct. 1921, pp. 572–586) May 1922: "VII. The Temple of Silence" (v. 144, May 1922, pp. 783–798) June 1922: "The Vengeance of the Statue" (v. 145, June 1922, pp. 10–22) Other stories in the book Other stories that were added in the book: "The Trees of Pride" "The Garden of Smoke" (U.K. edition only) "The Five of Swords" (U.K. edition only) "The Tower of Treason" (U.K. edition only) The Man Who Knew Too Much stories Horne Fisher, "The Man Who Knew Too Much", is the protagonist of the first eight stories. In the final story, "The Vengeance of the Statue", Fisher notes: "The Prime Minister is my father's friend. The Foreign Minister married my sister. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is my first cousin." Because of these intimate relationships with the leading political figures in the land, Fisher knows too much about the private politics behind the public politics of the day. This knowledge is a burden to him in the eight stories, because he is able to uncover the injustices and corruptions of the murders in each story, but in most cases the real killer gets away with the killing because to bring him openly to justice would create a greater chaos: starting a war, reinciting Irish rebellions or removing public faith in the government.

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