The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
Author: G.K. Chesterton
G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday is a thrilling novel of deception, subterfuge, double-crossing and secret identities, and this Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Matthew Beaumont.,,The Central Anarchist Council is a secret society sworn to destroy the world. The council is governed by seven men, who hide their identities behind the names of….Read More
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