Prester John (World's Classics) - Softcover

Buchan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019282936X ISBN 13: 9780192829368

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1994

Synopsis

Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters again John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories. In his remote store David finds himself with the key to a massive uprising, led by the minister, who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king, Prester John. David's courage and his understanding of this man take him to the heart of the uprising, a secret cave in the Rooirand. John Buchan wrote Prester John , his sixth novel, in 1910, seven years after he himself returned from South Africa. It was his first to reach a wide readership across the world, and it established him as the writer of fast-paced adventures for which he is famous. In this, the only critical edition, David Daniell shows what went into the making of Prester John and explores what sets it apart from the boys' yarns of the period. This book is intended for students on courses about the early Adventure Novel. Students on courses about Commonwealth literature/history.

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About the Author

Author John Buchan was a strong supporter of the British Empire and Commonwealth, as evidenced in this 1910 novel. While the book has its stereotypes, it is a thrilling adventure, typical of the genre and popular in its day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019282936X
• ISBN 13: 9780192829368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Daniell David