John Buchan

John Macnab (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

John Macnab by John Buchan is a thrilling adventure of honor, disguise, and the wild Scottish Highlands. Three bored, high-society gentlemen-Lord Lamancha, Sir Edward Leithen, and Charles Lamancha-seek excitement by adopting the outlaw alias "John Macnab" and issuing a bold challenge: to poach a stag from a guarded estate under the owners' noses. Their escapades blend cunning, danger, and humor, as they outwit gamekeepers and evade capture. But when a young woman and a suspicious host enter the fray, the stakes rise. Celebrating freedom, integrity, and love for the land, John Macnab is a masterful blend of suspense and wit-a classic tale of adventure born from restlessness and the spirit of the chase.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Max Bollinger
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910558508
• Artikelnr.: 56803098

Autorenporträt

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL ( 26 August 1875 - 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort during World War I. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities in 1927, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction. In 1935, King George V, on the advice of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, appointed Buchan to replace the Earl of Bessborough as Governor General of Canada, for which purpose Buchan was raised to the peerage. He occupied the post until his death in 1940. Buchan was enthusiastic about literacy and the development of Canadian culture, and he received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom.