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.
'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