Buchan [bak?n] John, ur. 26 VIII 1875, Perth (hrab. Perthshire), zm. 11 II 1940, Montreal, ang. pisarz, krytyk i historyk, pochodzenia szkockiego;
1935–40 gubernator generalny Kanady; autor licznych powieści przygodowych, m.in. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), The Gap in the Curtain (1932); opublikował wiele studiów krytycznolit. i hist., np. Sir Walter Scott (1932), Julius Caesar (1932), Oliver Cromwell (1934), monografię I wojny świat. A History of the Great War (1921–22), autobiografię Memory Hold-the-Door (1940).
Richard Hannay finds a corpse in his flat, and becomes involved in a plot by spies to precipitate war and subvert British naval power. The resourceful ...
Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during ...
John Buchan [1875-1940] was born in Scotland. In 1901, Buchan began a career in law. His books include Preston John, The Thirty Nine Steps, and Greenmantle. ...
Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot, returns to his new home, a flat in London ...
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 ...
"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 ...
Richard Hannay arrives in London on the eve of World War I, where he meets an American agent seeking help in stopping a political assassination. Before ...
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan, a thriller and an adventure, is a fascinating read set in the times of impending World War I. Adventurer Richard ...
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 ...