Prester John is an exceptionally entertaining example of an early 20th century adventure story. Its hero is a young Scotsman who travels to South Africa to make his fortune. Expecting to settle down to a quiet life as a storekeeper, he instead finds himself embroiled in a hotbed of social unrest and violence. Part mystery, part travelogue, part spy novel, part treasure hunt, it has all the makings of a crackling good read. It is firm proof that John Buchan (The Thirty-Nine Steps, Green-mantle, and so many other novels of intrigue) remains a storyteller of the first order. Prester John is a...
Prester John is an exceptionally entertaining example of an early 20th century adventure story. Its hero is a young Scotsman who travels to South Afri...
Richard Hannay was bored. That was why when the man who lived in the flat above his came to him with talk of an international conspiracy he listened receptively, even let him stay in his parlour. But when he returns home to find his guest dead, pinned to the floor with a knife through his chest, Hannay finds himself pursued not only by the police, but by the conspirators that had murdered his neighbor. Chased by both Scotland Yard and enemy agents, his first thought is only for survival, but the only escape from his plight will require him to unravel the secret of the dead man's notebook, the...
Richard Hannay was bored. That was why when the man who lived in the flat above his came to him with talk of an international conspiracy he listened r...
"Castle Gay" is the second of Buchans three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s (and includes much Scots vocabulary).
"Castle Gay" is the second of Buchans three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s (a...
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was one of the few historians writing about the first world war as it happened. Here is a fascinating account of the German advance into France in 1914. Including a biography of the author.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was one of the few historians writing about the first world war as it happened. Here is a fascinating account of th...
John Buchan was one of the only historians documenting the course of the First World War as it happened. Here are both of his books on the Somme offensive, one of the most destructive and bloody battles of the first great war. Buchan was an intelligence officer and diplomat so was in a rare position to have an almost complete overview of the attacks as they happened. Including a biography of the author.
John Buchan was one of the only historians documenting the course of the First World War as it happened. Here are both of his books on the Somme offen...
The Grenfell twins, Francis and Riversdale can perhaps be taken as one of the finest windows into the so called golden age from 1880 to the summer of 1914, before the great war ripped Europe apart. Born into the minor aristocracy and educated at Eton, the boys were gifted scholars and renowned athletes, they both went on to serve in armed forces and lose their lives like so many others in the great war. John Buchan has compiled biographies of the twins, written from personal letters and from a rare perspective of a man who was called 'The Uncle' by both Francis and Riversdale. Including a...
The Grenfell twins, Francis and Riversdale can perhaps be taken as one of the finest windows into the so called golden age from 1880 to the summer of ...
Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war, climaxing at the battle of Erzurum.
Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet his f...
