The Complete Novels of John Buchan: 25+ Spy Classics, Thrillers & Adventure Novels in One Premium Edition (Unabridged): Scottish Adventure and Classic Spy Fiction

by John Buchan

This carefully crafted "The Complete Novels of John 25+ Spy Classics, Thrillers & Adventure Novels in One Premium Edition (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of Richard Hannay Series The Thirty-Nine Steps Greenmantle Mr Standfast The Three Hostages The Island of Sheep, or The Man from the Norlands Dickson McCunn and the 'Gorbals Die-hards' Series Huntingtower Castle Gay The House of the Four Winds Sir Edward Leithen Series The Power-House John Macnab The Dancing Floor, or The Goddess from the Shades The Gap in the Curtain Sick Heart River, or Mountain Meadow Other Novels Sir Quixote of the Moors John Burnet of Barns A Lost Lady of Old Years The Half-Hearted A Lodge in the Wilderness Prester John Salute to Adventurers The Path of the King Midwinter Witch Wood The Blanket of the Dark A Prince of the Captivity The Free Fishers The Magic Walking Stick The Courts of the Morning Autobiography & Biography of John Buchan Memory Hold-the-door (Autobiography) Unforgettable, Unforgotten by Anna M. Buchan John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada's Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers, most notably The Thirty-Nine Steps, and it is for these that he is now best remembered.

Genres: Fiction

8000 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 29, 2016

About the author

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John Buchan was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
As a youth, Buchan began writing poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, publishing his first novel in 1895 and ultimately writing over a hundred books of which the best known is The Thirty-Nine Steps. After attending Glasgow and Oxford universities, he practised as a barrister. In 1901, he served as a private secretary to Lord Milner in southern Africa towards the end of the Boer War. He returned to England in 1903, continued as a barrister and journalist. He left the Bar when he joined Thomas Nelson and Sons publishers in 1907. During the First World War, he was, among other activities, Director of Information in 1917 and later Head of Intelligence at the newly-formed Ministry of Information. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities in 1927.
In 1935, King George V, on the advice of Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, appointed Buchan to succeed the Earl of Bessborough as Governor General of Canada and two months later raised him to the peerage as 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. He occupied the post until his death in 1940. Buchan promoted Canadian unity and helped strengthen the sovereignty of Canada constitutionally and culturally. He received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[Patrick Nicholas Perfect · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelent exciting adventure and spy novels set in the period before the 2nd WW

[Roger Coates · Rating 5 out of 5]

49 Steps and more

Every excellent read. The Complete Novels of John Buchan . Written in the early years of the 19 hundreds. Different from today's novel's .

[Mike Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and varied

Excellent range and type of stories from an age when adventure abounds. Some very good Scots stories which bring alive that era.

[Neal Fandek · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this when I was on vacation in Romania, because it was cheap, and because it was so damn thick, meaning it would keep me reading for a while. Well, it did, but I stopped reading after the third novel. Not bad by any means, but rather outdated. Written just after World War I, the gap between this and Ian Fleming, writing after World War II, is striking. These are very much Victorian, 19th century novels, with far too many improbable escapes and shenanigans, and protagonists who speechify and act like it’s the Middle Ages, not 1917. Is the protagonist an early James Bond? Nope. Not at all. Still decent action and worth a look, if you have any interest in the origins of the genre.

[M C]

What a writer. Cofounder of Reuters and was govt general of Canada