Midwinter - Certain Travellers in Old England
This early work is John Buchan's 1923 novel, Midwinter - Certain Travellers in Old England. Set to the backdrop of the Jacobite rising of 1745, it tells the story of a Scotsman who has been living with the exiled Stuarts in France, and who travels to England to join the Scottish army that is marching to London. This book is highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for fans of Buchan's Work. 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 no…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4097-9114-0
- EAN: 9781409791140
- Produktnummer: 3964619
- Verlag: Owens Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 286 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.6 cm 385 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 385
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL ( 26 August 1875 - 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort during World War I. He was elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities in 1927, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction. In 1935, King George V, on the advice of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, appointed Buchan to replace the Earl of Bessborough as Governor General of Canada, for which purpose Buchan was raised to the peerage. He occupied the post until his death in 1940.Buchan was enthusiastic about literacy and the development of Canadian culture, and he received a state funeral in Canada before his ashes were returned to the United Kingdom.
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