John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (1875-1940), was a British novelist, best known for his novel The Thirty-nine Steps, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He is also noted for his horror fiction, including the novel Witch Wood, and the stories Skule Skerry, The Wind in the Portico and The Green Wildebeest.

Short excerpt: Little I knew at the time how big the moment was with destiny or how often that face seen in the fitful moonlight would haunt my sleep and disturb my waking hours.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Buchans classic work.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Buchans classic work.

Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with 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.

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Buchan's classic work.

A fine author's view of the Great Somme Offensive
For many years there were few more highly regarded histories of the momentous Battle of the Somme, 1916, than that written by John Buchan, the renowned author of 'The Thirty Nine Steps, ' 'Greenmantle, ' 'Huntingtower' and many others. In both his fiction and non-fiction Buchan had the ability to craft a fine narrative in an easy going, economic style. Today Buchan is far less well-known for his non-fiction than for his fiction and that, perhaps, is inevitable. Nevertheless, he was responsible for a very substantial multi-volume history...