John Buchan
3) Midwinter
4) Prester John
Prester John is a rollicking adventure tale. It tells of the experiences of a young Scotsman who travels to South Africa at the dawn of the 20th century to make his fortune in the wild plains of an untamed country. 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, Greenmantle, and so many other novels of intrigue) remains
...6) Castle Gay
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada. Sick Heart River is Buchan's last novel, completed days before his death and published posthumously in 1941.
...10) Space
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
"Space" is a moody kind of horror story. On a Scottish deer hunt, with night falling, one friend
...John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada. At the Rising of the Waters is one of his many atmospheric short stories, recounting the tale of Scots farmer
...12) Basilissa
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
"Basilissa" is the story of Vernon Milbourne, orphaned since childhood and his friendship with the
...Dans l'Angleterre en guerre, un officier, Dick Hannay, en convalescence après une blessure, se voit confier une mission secrète de la plus haute importance : trouver ce qui se trame en Turquie, et qui pourrait changer la face de la guerre. Aidé d'un américain flegmatique, Blenkiron, d'un de ses amis, Dick, et d'un vieux casseur Australien, ils doivent, chacun de leur côté, essayer de gagner la Turquie. Dick Hannay, quant à lui, se jette
...Voici le livre dont a été tiré le célèbre film d'Alfred Hitchcock :
Richard Hannay, de retour d'Afrique du sud, s'ennuie dans son pays, l'Angleterre, et pense à repartir lorsqu'un locataire de son immeuble, Franklin P. Scudder, l'en dissuade en lui offrant un travail digne de Sherlock Holmes, qui lui fera vite oublier son désir de réembarquer pour l'Afrique. Notre apprenti détective se retrouve en possession d'un carnet contenant
16) “Divus” Johnston
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada. 'Divus' Johnston is the unlikely story of a Scots trader marooned on an unidentified island in the South
...John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada. "At the Article of Death" is one of Buchan's atmospheric short stories of life (or, in this case, death)
...18) Fullcircle
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
"Fullcircle" is a short story about a London couple who gradually give up their hectic ways as they're
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