Misplaced Pages

Knight Without Armour (novel)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Book by James Hilton
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "Knight Without Armour" novel – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2024)
This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources.
Find sources: "Knight Without Armour" novel – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Knight Without Armour (published in the USA as Without Armor) is a British thriller novel by James Hilton, first published in 1933. A British secret agent in Russia rescues the daughter of a Tsarist minister from a group of Bolshevik revolutionaries.

Adaptation

Main article: Knight Without Armour

The novel was the basis for the 1937 British film Knight Without Armour directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat. It was made at Denham Studios by Alexander Korda's London Films. Hilton's original story was adapted into a screenplay by Frances Marion, Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis.

Bibliography

  • Head, Dominic. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

References

  1. "Knight Without Armour". The Times. No. 47708. 11 June 1937. p. 14. Gale CS236007627.
James Hilton
Novels
Non-fiction
  • Mr. Chips Looks at the World (1939)
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
  • H.R.H.: The Story of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1956)
Short stories
  • "The Failure" (1924)
  • "Twilight of the Wise" (1936)
  • "The Bat King" (1937)
  • "It's a Crazy World" (1937)
  • "From Information Received" (1938)
  • "The Girl Who Got There" (1938)
  • To You, Mr Chips! (collection) (1938)
  • "You Can't Touch Dotty" (1938)
Plays
  • And Now Goodbye (with Philip Howard) (1937)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (with Barbara Burnham) (1938)
Screenplays
Adaptations


Stub icon

This article about a thriller novel of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

Stub icon

This article about a historical novel of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

Categories: