LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john buchan

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  • The Heroes of John Buchan - Richard Hannay in ’The Thirty-Nine Steps’ - Edward Leith in ’Sick Heart River’ - Sandy Arbuthnot in ’The Courts of the Morning’
    John Buchan
    John Buchan may hold the title of the man who invented spy adventure, bringing Richard Hannay fully formed to readers in the early 19th century. Hannay is just one of his masterful creations, Edward Leithen and Sandy Arbuthnot would follow the Hannay novels and bring their own unique adventures to millions of enthralled readers. ...
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    52,34 €

  • The Courts of the Morning
    John Buchan
    One of John Buchan’s most famous characters, Sandy Arbuthnot is the hero of this story of adventure in a far flung country. Sandy must battle against a charismatic industrial tycoon who wants to take over the world. ...
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    32,17 €

  • Lord Minto, A Memoir
    John Buchan
    A fascinating biography of Lord Minto once governor of Canada and Viceroy of India. Written by John Buchan from original letters and documents. ...
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    33,66 €

  • The Richard Hannay Collection - Volume II - The Three Hostages, The Island of Sheep
    John Buchan
    Richard Hannay is the most famous creation of author and diplomat John Buchan. Hannay can be seen to be the first true action hero of British literature, a decorated soldier and spy, constantly needed by the government to thwart plots against the empire. Here collected are the last two novels to have Richard Hannay as the lead protagonist. ...
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    43,96 €

  • The Far Islands
    John Buchan
    A wonderful tale of romance and adventure set among the islands off the north of Scotland. ...
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    18,17 €

  • The Dancing Floor
    John Buchan
    Edward Leithen is one of John Buchan’s most famous heroes. Here Leithen finds himself in Greece with an old friend and must save the life a stubborn but beautiful young women. ...
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    28,64 €

  • Witch Wood
    John Buchan
    First published in 1927 and set in the 17th century, this is a wonderful story of witchcraft in the forests of England. ...
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    30,46 €

  • A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys
    John Buchan
    A wonderful collection of stories dealing with escapes and adventurous journeys, including the escape of Charles II to France, Winston Churchill’s escape from South Africa and many more. ...
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    30,19 €

  • Sick Heart River
    John Buchan
    'Sick Heart River' is a powerful and compelling novel originally published in 1941. It is John Buchan’s last novel which was completed days before his death in 1940. It follows a dying protagonist, Edward Leithen, who confronts the question of the meaning of life while in the Canadian wilderness. Edward Leithen is perhaps John Buchan’s most autobiographical character and here L...
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    21,64 €

  • The Runagates Club
    John Buchan
    'The Runagates Club' is a 1928 compilation of twelve stories recounted as memories from John Buchan’s most well-known characters. Set in the fictional Runagates Club in central London in the early 1930s, a dining club for exceptional gentleman. Each month they meet and take it in turn to entertain the group with a story. This is full of compact stories that showcase Buchan at h...
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    28,69 €

  • The Free Fishers
    John Buchan
    A wonderful tale of treason and romance. Anthony Lammas, a professor at the St. Andrews University, finds himself involved in a web of intrigue that threatens the whole country. ...
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    21,40 €

  • A Lost Lady of Old Years
    John Buchan
    A classic historical romance by John Buchan. Set in Scotland amongst the chaos of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. Our hero is Francis Birkenshaw and man for who the Jacobite cause means nothing until a meeting with a beautiful Jacobite women called Margaret Murray, she offers him the chance of danger and adventure as we follow them both to Culloden moor. ...
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    21,81 €

  • The Three Hostages
    John Buchan
    The fourth of the five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan. Here we find our hero Richard Hannay living a quiet life in the countryside with a wife and young child but his past comes back to haunt him and he once more must face up to an arch-enemy. ...
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    33,88 €

  • The Blanket of the Dark
    John Buchan
    A grand, sweeping historical drama. Set in Mediaeval England during a tense time as a the country waits for the new king to be crowned. A enthralling, richly detailed story of intrigue and passion. ...
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    31,82 €

  • John Burnet of Barns
    John Buchan
    John Buchan’s first full-length work of fiction. John Burnet and Captain Gilbert Burne are two young nobleman, one the heir to the house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers the other a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry leads to treachery, betrayal and murder. This classic works, originally published in 1898, is here being republished together with...
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    31,57 €

  • Mr. Standfast (WWI Centenary Series)
    John Buchan
    This early work by John Buchan was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series with a brand new introductory biography. ’Mr. Standfast’ is the third of the five Richard Hannay novels and is set during the First World War. In this instalment, Hannay is recalled from the front line to take part in a secret mission to hunt down G...
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    39,30 €

  • The Interpreter’s House - The Chancellor’s Installation Address Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th 1938
    John Buchan
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    18,20 €

  • Canadian Occasions - Addresses
    John Buchan
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    28,96 €

  • Augustus
    John Buchan
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...
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    26,27 €

  • Oliver Cromwell
    John Buchan
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    36,19 €

  • John Buchan’s 1914
    John Buchan
    Over the seas and far away-the world at war In the late summer of 1914, the eyes of the world were fixed upon Europe as seemingly unstoppable German armies simultaneously marched eastwards and westwards subduing nations and forcing their armies to retreat. This was the beginning of an industrial war without precedent which would send shockwaves across the globe. This book, spec...
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    27,61 €

  • John Buchan’s 1914
    John Buchan
    Over the seas and far away-the world at war In the late summer of 1914, the eyes of the world were fixed upon Europe as seemingly unstoppable German armies simultaneously marched eastwards and westwards subduing nations and forcing their armies to retreat. This was the beginning of an industrial war without precedent which would send shockwaves across the globe. This book, spec...
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    17,51 €

  • John Buchan’s History of the Battle of the Somme, 1916
    John Buchan
    A fine author’s view of the Great Somme OffensiveFor many years there were few more highly regarded histories of the momentous Battle of the Somme, 1916, than that written by John Buchan, the renowned author of ’The Thirty Nine Steps,’ ’Greenmantle,’ ’Huntingtower’ and many others. In both his fiction and non-fiction Buchan had the ability to craft a fine narrative in an easy g...
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    28,51 €

  • John Buchan’s History of the Battle of the Somme, 1916
    John Buchan
    A fine author’s view of the Great Somme OffensiveFor many years there were few more highly regarded histories of the momentous Battle of the Somme, 1916, than that written by John Buchan, the renowned author of ’The Thirty Nine Steps,’ ’Greenmantle,’ ’Huntingtower’ and many others. In both his fiction and non-fiction Buchan had the ability to craft a fine narrative in an easy g...
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    19,56 €

  • The Gap in the Curtain
    John Buchan
    The Gap in the CurtainJohn Buchan is remembered for his spy thrillers like 'The 39 Steps' but he also wrote tales of the supernatural. Whether The Gap in the Curtain is a supernatural tale, or science fiction, or horror, is difficult to say. A brilliant but possibly slightly unbalanced scientist discovers a means of lifting the curtain for a moment and gaining a glimpse of the ...
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    46,36 €

  • The Causal and the Casual in History
    John Buchan
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    15,86 €

  • John Buchan’s 1914
    John Buchan
    A unique Leonaur edition-never before available in this formJohn Buchan was a popular author of historical and adventure fiction whose works remain in print to the present day. He also wrote important works of non-fiction that are less well remembered. Among these was a commissioned, multi-volume history of the First World War that was so well regarded that it became a source-w...
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    40,39 €

  • John Buchan’s 1914
    John Buchan
    A unique Leonaur edition-never before available in this formJohn Buchan was a popular author of historical and adventure fiction whose works remain in print to the present day. He also wrote important works of non-fiction that are less well remembered. Among these was a commissioned, multi-volume history of the First World War that was so well regarded that it became a source-w...
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    26,84 €

  • The 39 Steps
    John Buchan
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    23,58 €

  • The 39 Steps
    John Buchan
    When Richard Hannay discovers a dead body in his apartment, he’s dragged into a dark and dangerous world of global politics, secret societies, and undercover agents. Accused of murder and with the fate of the British fleet resting in his hands, Hannay must elude the police and foreign spies, decode a cryptic notebook, and convince the enigmatic Sir Walter Bullivant to believe h...
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    12,54 €


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