The Power House: Authorised Edition - Softcover

John Buchan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846970296 ISBN 13: 9781846970290

Publisher: Polygon, 2018

Synopsis

The first adventure of Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen whose daily routine of flat, chambers, flat, club is enlivened by the sudden disappearance of an Oxford contemporary. As the investigation into the disappearance develops Leithen finds himself pitted against a terrifying international anarchist network called The Power-House.

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Review:

John Buchan was the first to realise the enormous dramatic value of adventure in familiar suroundings happening to unadventurous men. --Graham Green

About the Author:

One of Alfred Hitchcock's favourite writers, John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Polygon
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1846970296
• ISBN 13: 9781846970290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128