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He is most well known for ''The Brotherhood'' and ''Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'', both of which have a very strong Anti-Masonic tone. The books are entertaining but have been criticised for being ill-researched and highly speculative, as they suggest that there is a secret cabal of Masons running most aspects of British society. Even so, the books caused great difficulties for Freemasonry in the United Kingdom , ''The Brotherhood'' in particular. Subsequent Parliamentary Inquiries in Britain resulted in Freemasonry becoming a declarable interest in public employment, especially in the Judicial System and Police. ''Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' suggested that those famous crimes were part of a Conspiracy Between Masons And The Royal Family , based upon claims that have since been discredited by historians. The book became highly popular as a source for works of fiction, among them the 1978 film '' Murder By Decree '' by Bob Clark and the Graphic Novel '' From Hell '' by Alan Moore . The latter was adapted into a film by the Hughes Brothers in 2001 . Stephen Knight also wrote the books ''Cruelly Murdered'', ''Requiem at Rogano'' and ''The Killing of Justice Godfrey''. He struggled with Epilepsy for much of his life and was discovered to have a Brain Tumour in 1980 while taking part in the documentary TV programme '' Horizon ''. The tumour was removed but returned in 1984 . Knight died in 1985. He was a religious follower of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and, as a part of this interest, took the name Swami Puja Debal. This Stephen Knight is not to be confused with the Stephen Knight who was the author of ''Robin Hood - A Mythic Biography'' ( 2003 ) and numerous other books on the Robin Hood legend and other topics such as King Arthur , Crime Fiction and Geoffrey Chaucer . SEE ALSO
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