The Smiler with the Knife (1939)

by Nicholas Blake

Series: Nigel Strangeways mysteries (4)

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Nigel Strangeways mysteries (4)

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1939

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Nigel Strangeways

Georgia Strangeways

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Epigraph

Ther saugh I first the derke imagining
Of felonye, and al the compassing;
The smyler with the knyf under the cloke;
The shepne brenning with the blade smoke;
The treson of the mordring in the bedde;
The open werre, with woundes al bibledde.
CHAUCER: The Knight's Tale

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FOR ROUGHIE

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A morning in January.

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The title is a quote from Chaucer. Georgia spends a year apart from Nigel, spying on a Fascist/Nazi group. The head of the group (a rich and popular person) plans to overthrow the government. George escapes capture and is rescued by Nigel's father and policeman, Sir John Strangeways.

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