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In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John Macnab; three high-flying men a barrister, a cabinet minister and a banker are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure it. They inform three Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon in a given time. They sign collectively as 'John Macnab' and await the responses. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.With an introduction by Andrew Greig.This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.
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Autorenportrait
- John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940.
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John MacNab
eBook - Authorised Edition
ISBN/EAN: 9780857901132
Umbreit-Nr.: 482446
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 240 S., 1.91 MB
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.07.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen