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Young Englishwoman Kore Arabin has inherited a remote Greek island from her father. The supersitious islanders blame Kore for every mishap and natural disaster. Sir Edward Leithen and Vernon Milburne must save her before the islanders sacrifice her as a witch in the sacred ground called The Dancing Floor.
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The Dancing Floor is a green meadow on an Aegean island; a place cut off, at once a sanctuary and a watch-tower. At Easter it becomes the scene of pagan rites and human sacrifice. On the island Vernon Milbourne finds the meaning of the terrible dream which, from his childhood, has come to him every spring in his English home. Even the rational Sir Edward Leithen is bewitched by the Dancing Floor. Only at the last moment do they defeat its spell, as the islanders rush in terror back to the Church. One of John Buchan’s own favourites among all his tales.
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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.
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- PublisherPolygon
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1846970318
- ISBN 13 9781846970313
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages236
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