Sibling Rivalry: The Greatest Works by John Buchan & Anna Buchan

by John Buchan, Anna Masterton Buchan

Musaicum Books present to you the collection of the greatest works by John Buchan and his sister Anna Buchan. John is mostly known by his spy thrillers and action novels, and Anna by her vivid portrayal of life and characters of the Scottish small towns and villages. Even though the legacy of the Buchan Family's Pen is very different in genre and theme, they both shared the common writing approach which was to write based on their life experience, to become inspired by the people they knew. Through their stories they brought to life the complex, courageous and tenacious people they got to know. Through their work they left us the testimony of the biggest shift in 20th century - the time of peace, happiness and naivety and the time of peril which destroyed forever their way of life after World War Thirty-Nine StepsThe Three HostagesHuntingtowerCastle GayThe Power-HouseJohn MacnabSir Quixote of the MoorsJohn Burnet of BarnsA Lost Lady of Old YearsThe Half-HeartedSalute to AdventurersMidwinterWitch WoodThe Free FishersMemory Hold-the-door – An AutobiographyAnna in IndiaThe SetonsPenny PlainAnn and Her MotherPink SugarThe Proper PlaceThe Day of Small ThingsPriorsfordTaken by the HandJane's ParlourThe House That Is Our OwnUnforgettable, Unforgotten – A Memoir

7229 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 7, 2021

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.