This early work is John Buchan s 1923 novel, Midwinter - Certain Travellers in Old England . Set to the backdrop of the Jacobite rising of 1745, it tells the story of a Scotsman who has been living with the exiled Stuarts in France, and who travels to England to join the Scottish army that is marching to London. This book is highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for fans of Buchan s Work. John Buchan (1875 1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian who served as Governor General of Canada. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly...

Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to seek his fortune as a store-keeper. On the voyage he encounters John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories. In his remote store David finds himself with the key to a massive uprising led by the minister, who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king, Prester John. David's courage and his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising, a secret cave in the Rooirand. This is a story of lost civilizations, hidden treasures, friendship and betrayal, lions and tigers,...

Richard Hannay certainly didn't go looking for the mystery, but the mystery found him. It came in the form of a young American telling fantastic tales of international intrigue and murderous conspiracy. But the next morning he found the American dead--scewered through the heart to the floor of his apartment.