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Recently returned from South Africa, adventurer Richard Hannay is
bored with life, but after a chance encounter with an American who
informs him of an assassination plot and is then promptly murdered
in Hannay's London flat, he becomes the obvious suspect and is
forced to go on the run. He heads north to his native Scotland,
fleeing the police and his enemies. Hannay must keep his wits about
him if he is to warn the government before all is too late.
With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. Richard Hannay is
tasked to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world
and takes off on a hair-raising journey through German-occupied
Europe to meet up with his old friend Sandy Arbuthnot in
Constantinople, where they must thwart the Germans' plans to use
religion to help them win the war. Set during World War I,
Greenmantle is a controversial meditation on the power of political
Islam.
Young Englishwoman Kore Arabin has inherited a remote Greek island
from her father. The superstitious islanders blame Kore for every
mishap and natural disaster. Sir Edward Leithen and Vernon Milburne
must save her before the islanders sacrifice her as a witch in the
sacred ground called The Dancing Floor.
The Jacobite army marches into England and Alistair Maclean, close
confident of Charles Edward Stewart embarks on a secret mission to
raise support for the cause in the west. He soon begins to suspect
someone close to the Prince is passing information to the
Government, but just as he closes in on the traitor his own life is
put in danger. Who is the turncoat and can Maclean save his own
life and his Prince?
The turbulent 'Killing Times' of the Covenanters is the backdrop to
a desperate struggle between lifelong rivals. John Burnet of Barns,
the last of an ancient line of Border Reivers, returns home from
abroad to find himself denounced as an agent of the Covenanters.
Outlawed and deprived of his inheritance by his ruthless cousin,
Captain Gilbert Burnet, John must now fight just to survive. John
Buchan's first full-length work of fiction is a tale of adventure
in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson.
What begins as a straightforward holiday weekend for Sir Edward
Leithen in a splendid stately home in the Cotswolds soon turns into
something altogether different when one of Lady Flambard's other
guests, the enigmatic Professor Moe, enlists the help of Leithen
and his companions in a bizarre experiment to glimpse the future.
For those who take part, the consequences are dramatic and
Leithen's formidable powers of reasoning are brought to the fore.
In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John
Macnab; three high-flying men – a barrister, a cabinet minister
and a banker – are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to
cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach
from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign
collectively as ‘John Macnab’ and await the responses. This
novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series – an
evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in
Highland Scotland. With an introduction by Andrew Greig. This
edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.
Introduced by Hew Strachan, "Mr Standfast" is the third of five
Richard Hannay thrillers. Recalled from active service on the
Western Front, Richard Hannay is sent undercover on a crucial
secret mission to find a dangerous German agent at large in
Britain. Disguised as a pacifist, Hannay travels from London to
Glasgow to the Scottish Highlands and Islands in his search, which
eventually ends in a spectacular climax above the battlefields of
Europe. John Buchan's inside knowledge of trench warfare and
government intelligence lend a formidable realism to this
superlative spy story. This is a nail-biting classic from a master
storyteller.
An anonymous young man's life is about to be changed, as could the
course of history. It is 1536 and powerful men reveal to Peter
Pentecost that it is he, and not the tyrannical Henry VIII, who
should beon the throne of England. Can they persuade him to risk
everything in a treasonable rebellion against the throne? In the
hands of the master thriller writer, John Buchan, the dark,
dangerous days of Tudor England come alive like never before.
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39 Steps (Hardcover)
John Buchan; Illustrated by John M. Burns, Jim Lavery
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John Buchan's thrilling tale of an innocent man caught up in a web
of spies, lies and murder. Can Richard Hannay save himself by
solving the mystery of the 39 Steps? Classics Illustrated tells
this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an
excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also
includes a biography of John Buchan, theme discussions and study
questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to
further engage the reader in the work at hand.
Introduced by Christopher Hitchens, this is the fourth of the five
Richard Hannay novels. After the war and newly knighted, Hannay is
living peacefully in the Cotswolds with his wife Mary and son Peter
John. Unfortunately, a day arrives when three separate visitors
tell him of three children being held hostage by a secret
kidnapper. All three seem to lead back to a man named Dominick
Medina, a popular Member of Parliament. Hannay uncovers a dastardly
plot involving hypnotism and the black arts, as well as the more
earthly crimes of blackmail and profiteering.
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39 Steps, The (Paperback)
John Buchan; Illustrated by John M. Burns, Jim Lavery
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He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled
me - things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly
came out on top, why alliances were made and broken, why certain
men disappeared, and where the sinews of war came from.
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'I snapped the switch, but there was nobody
there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my
cigar and fall into a cold sweat.' When Richard Hannay is warned of
an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a
war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the
American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect.
He flees to the moors of Scotland and a spirited chase begins as he
is pursued by the police and the German spies involved with
stealing British plans. Buchan's tale unfolds into one of the
seminal and most influential 'chase' books, mimicked by many, yet
unrivalled in the tension and mystery created by his writing.
Buchan reveres Hannay as an ordinary man who puts his country's
good before his own and the classic themes of the novel influenced
many films and subsequent 'man-on-the-run' novels.
In this retelling for younger readers, Richard Hannay is a Canadian
visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at a music hall, he
meets Annabella Smith, who is on the run from foreign agents. He
takes her back to his apartment, but they are followed, and later
that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay then goes on the run to
break the spy ring and to prove his innocence.
John Buchan (1875-1940), author of over 100 books including The
Thirty-Nine Steps, was a stealth writer of supernatural and Weird
fiction. From the beginning of his career to his last works, he
brought supernatural elements into his narratives to test his
characters and thrill his readers. His 1932 novel The Gap in the
Curtain was his last full-length work devoted to exploring a
supernatural theme: if you were able to see one year into the
future, what would you do with that foreknowledge? And what would
it do to you? The novel tells the story of five country-house
guests who are trained by the ailing Professor Moe, an Einsteinian
mathematician who has devised a way of seeing into the future.
These five guests gain one piece of knowledge from the experiment,
and have to decide how to act on it. The episodes vary from high
drama to social comedy, and use Buchan's skill in writing political
intrigue and adventure abroad. This is a novel that showcases
Buchan's talents as a storyteller, and is a thoroughly satisfying
read. The Introduction is by Kate Macdonald, author of John Buchan.
The Mystery Companion and many other works on Buchan's writing.
The first adventure of Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen whose
daily routine of flat, chambers, flat, club is enlivened by the
sudden disappearance of an Oxford contemporary. As the
investigation into the disappearance develops Leithen finds himself
pitted against a terrifying international anarchist network called
The Power-House.
Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last,
completed days before his death. It was published posthumously in
1941. Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest
Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the
Mackenzie River in 1937. At that time, Buchan was Governor-General
of Canada. The main character, the lawyer and politician Sir Edward
Leithen - perhaps the most autobiographical of Buchan's characters
- has been diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and has been given
a year to live. A former colleague, American John S. Blenkiron,
requests help to find his niece's husband, who appears to have
flown from his very successful financial career to the Canadian
north. Leithen agrees to help.
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The 39 Steps (Paperback)
John Buchan; Adapted by Patrick Barlow
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From the Movie by Alfred Hitchcock, Licensed by ITV Global
Entertainment Limited and an original concept by Simon Corble and
Nobby Dimon Characters: 3m, 1f Comedy WINNER 2 Tony(r) and Drama
Desk Awards, 2008 WINNER BEST NEW COMEDY Laurence Olivier Award,
2007 The 39 Steps, is Broadway's longest running comedy, playing
its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009 Mix a Hitchcock
masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and
you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves
the magic of theatre This 2-time Tony(r) and Drama Desk
Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany
characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an
on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good
old-fashioned romance In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life
meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he
takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization
called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide
manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale A riotous blend of
virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps
amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure "A wonderful
triumph of theatre " -BBC Radio 4 "It's really not so much about a
spoof of Hitchcock, which it is, of course; it's really an homage
to the theater. Not the contemporary theater, where mermaids
traverse the stage on wheels and gargantuan mechanical sets get
bigger applause than the actors, but the nostalgic version that
survives on greasepaint and hammy actors. It's a valentine to that
kind of creativity and imagination, of doing so much with so
little..." -The New York Times "THEATER AT ITS FINEST... Absurdly
enjoyable This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock's film is
fast and frothy, performed by a cast of four that seems like a cast
of thousands." -Ben Brantley, The New York Times "The most
entertaining show on Broadway " -Liz Smith, The New York Post
"INGENIOUS A DIZZY DELIGHT " -Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News
"RIOTOUS & MARVELOUS " -Clive Barnes, The New York Post
"Whirlwind funny business " -Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger "a
giddy display of theatrical invention " -David Rooney, Variety
"comedy of the highest order " -Roma Torre, NY1 "About the
cleverest show on Broadway in a long time " -David Richardson, WOR
Radio "Rollicking Fun Hugely Entertaining " -Sunday Times "Clever,
very funny, imaginative and brilliantly acted " -The Guardian
"Dizzyingly entertaining show " -Daily Teleg
Buchan's favourite of all his novels, Witch Wood deals with the
hypocrisy that can lie beneath god-fearing respectability. The book
is set in the terrifying times of the first half of the seventeenth
century when the Church of Scotland unleashed a wave of cruelty and
intolerance. Minister Sempill witnesses devil worship in the 'Witch
Wood' and is persecuted. It comes with an introduction by Allan
Massie.
South Africa, 1900. After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David
Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a
storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the
journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are
afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of
Prester John. Written as a boys' adventure story and set mostly in
South Africa (where Buchan had worked), "Prester John" was
published in 1910 when Buchan was 35. It's a fast-moving thriller
in the style of Robert Louis Stevenson and Rider Haggard.
Originally published in 1929, this book presents the content of the
Rede Lecture for that year, which was delivered by John Buchan at
Cambridge University. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in historical scholarship and historiography.
This spy story of 1915 by John Buchan (1875-1940) is an archetype
of the genre, but may be better known today through its film and
television versions (especially that of Alfred Hitchcock in 1935).
Curiously, although all keep the theme of German espionage which
will trigger a world war, none of them sticks at all closely to
Buchan's original plot. This is the first of five novels in which
Richard Hannay, formerly a mining engineer in colonial Africa, now
a patriotic gentleman of leisure, finds himself pitted against the
enemies of the British Empire. Although the book is an exciting, if
occasionally implausible, adventure story, it may be marred for a
modern readership by the racism and anti-Semitism it expresses,
though this was not exceptional for the period. The writing is also
noticeable, however, for lyrical descriptions of the Scottish
border country in which Buchan himself grew up.
This spy story of 1915 by John Buchan (1875-1940) is an archetype
of the genre, but may be better known today through its film and
television versions (especially that of Alfred Hitchcock in 1935).
Curiously, although all keep the theme of German espionage which
will trigger a world war, none of them sticks at all closely to
Buchan's original plot. This is the first of five novels in which
Richard Hannay, formerly a mining engineer in colonial Africa, now
a patriotic gentleman of leisure, finds himself pitted against the
enemies of the British Empire. Although the book is an exciting, if
occasionally implausible, adventure story, it may be marred for a
modern readership by the racism and anti-Semitism it expresses,
though this was not exceptional for the period. The writing is also
noticeable, however, for lyrical descriptions of the Scottish
border country in which Buchan himself grew up.
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