John Buchan - Softcover

Lownie, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0712697357 ISBN 13: 9780712697354

Publisher: Pimlico, 2002

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Forever associated with the classic thriller The Thirty-nine Steps, Buchan wrote over a hundred books, including a series of 'shockers', children's books, biographies, tales of the supernatural and what many regard as the finest history ever written of the Great War. A man of formidable energy, he also had a distinguished career in public life. He ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and after eight years as a Conservative MP he ended his career as Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada. Andrew Lownie draws on private papers not used before, painting a compelling picture of Buchan's life and a panoramic view of British political, social and literary circles during the first half of the twentieth century.

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Review:

“ Lively and brilliantly researched new biography of one of Scotland’s most enduringly popular writers... -- The Scotsman

“ Lownie’s thoroughgoing, sympathetic biography broadens the view on one of the century’s great popular novelists -- The Daily Telegraph

“ The best biography yet of the creator of Richard Hannay and The Thirty-Nine Steps. -- Express on Sunday

“...an affectionate, admirably well-researched study from an intelligent biographer. Well worth reading.” -- Daily Mail

“...meticulously researched and mounts a persuasive case for reassessing Buchan” -- Sunday Times

About the Author:

Andrew Lownie was born in 1961 and educated at Fettes, Westminter and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he was President of the Union. Like Buchan he has been a law student, a journalist contributing to The Times and Spectator, a parliamentary candidate in Scotland and has worked in publishing. A Council Member of the John Buchan Society, he has written introductions to several Buchan novels and has edited collections of Buchan's poetry and short stories. He now lives in London.

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