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The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir | |
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John Buchan | | Variant Name: |
Sir John Buchan | | Birth Date: |
August 26, 1875 | | Death Date: |
February 11, 1940 | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
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 Biography of John Buchan
6977 words, approx. 23.3 pages
 Historian, biographer, historical novelist, and statesman, John Buchan found an enduring reputation in popular fiction. The "Buchan touch" is a term applied to fiction that shares his appeal: romantic yet not preposterous characters and a superb sense of... summary from source:
Biography of John Buchan
3614 words, approx. 12 pages
Despite his achievements as historian, biographer, historical novelist, and statesman, it is for his thrillers that John Buchan has found an enduring reputation in popular letters. The "Buchan touch" is a name applied to fiction which shares his appeal:... summary from source:
Biography of John Buchan
1828 words, approx. 6.1 pages
Many contemporaries knew John Buchan, or Tweedsmuir, only as journalist and statesman. Some readers knew him as historian and biographer. But most readers in both England and America knew Buchan best for his fiction, as the writer of the exciting adventu...
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 The Thirty-nine Steps Information
2,144 words, approx. 7 pages
 The Thirty-nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published in 1915 by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a...
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 The Sunday Telegraph London The Thirty-Nine Steps
08/20/2006: 643 words, approx. 2 pages Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Sugar Mummies The Thirty-Nine Steps At the Tricycle Theatre in north London a joyful version of The Thirty-Nine Steps (the Hitchcock film rather than the original Buchan novel) takes aim at the West End. The director... summary from source:
Evening Standard - London Thirty-nine steps to a modern masterpiece ; AND INCIDENTLY
08/28/2007: 477 words, approx. 2 pages JUST AS one son of the manse gets settled in 10 Downing Street, so another is enjoying a remarkable revival in his literary fortunes. The Scottish publisher Birlinn is reissuing four John Buchan novels next month, and The Thirty-Nine Steps, the spoof version of...
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