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Prester John

Prester John

John Buchan

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Hesperides Press
Año de edición:
2006
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781406794069
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This classic book is John Buchan’s 1910 novel, 'Prester John'. It tells the tale of a young Scottish man called David Crawfurd who travels to South Africa. Contents include: 'The Man on the Kirkcaple Shore', 'Furth! Fortune!', 'Blauauwildebestefonein', 'My Journey to the Winter-Veld', 'Mr Wardlaw Has a Premonition', 'The Drums Beat at Sunset', 'Captain Arcoll Tells a Tale', 'I Fall in Again with the Reverend John Laputa', 'The Store at Umvelos’', etc. John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian who served as Governor General of Canada. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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