A timely look at John Buchan's much-loved pre-First-World-War novel - what inspired it, its themes and metaphors - and at how much of the author's own swlf and experiences are in it.[...]

Richard Hannay is bored with life in London. Then he discovers a horrible crime, and finds himself in the middle of a clever and frightening plot. Can he find the proof he needs to save Great Britain from disaster? When Hannay hides out on the wild Scottish moors, will he escape from the dangerous g[...]

Detta är en klassiker som utkom första gången 1915. Det är en riktigt spännande thriller med en katt-och-råtta-lek mellan spioner, makthavare och en vanlig engelsman, Richard Hannay. Den speglar också verkligheten med det annalkande kriget och tyskarnas spioner i Storbritannien.

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The Island of Sheep (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. It is part of the series featuring Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot.The action occurs twelve years later on from the last novel, when Hannay, now in his fifties, is called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who is also he[...]

Huntingtower is a novel written by John Buchan in 1922. The first of his three Dickson McCunn books, it is set near Carrick in south west Scotland around 1920. The hero is a 55-year old grocer Dickson McCunn, who has sold his business and taken early retirement. As soon as he ventures out to explor[...]

Castle Gay is a novel by John Buchan. It is the second of his three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s.Castle Gay is one half Pilgrim?s Progress, one half commentary on tradition, mixed up in a splendid adventure story. It begins [...]

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by John Buchan that first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, [...]

Mr. Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919 by Hodder and Stoughton, London.

It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Greenmantle (1916), Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps ([...]

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuri[...]

Nu kan du köpa Bok + Ljudbok/CD i ett! Det är ett kombinerat paket där du får en fysisk bok och en CD-skiva med en mp3-fil på.

Thrillern skrevs i samband med första världskriget som nu aktualiserats i och med att det i år är hundra år sedan det bröt ut.

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John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician. Buchan was an incredibly prolific writer, producing countless novels and works of non-fiction, many based on his time spent working for the colonial administrator of South Africa. His most famous work is the novel &[...]

What is the true root of royal blood? A young Viking prince is stranded in a strange world with nothing but a band of gold. Through the turmoil of history, the band of gold is passed from generation to generation. Encounter the struggles of Jeanne of Arc, the strife of the persecuted Huguenots and t[...]