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John Buchan

Born

in Perth, Scotland

August 26, 1875

Died

February 11, 1940

Website

http://www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences

Walter Scott, James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Violet Jacob, Andrew ...more

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John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.

Buchan was educated at Glasgow and Oxford Universities. After a brief career in law he went to South Africa in 1902 where he contributed to the reconstruction of the country following the Boer War. His love for South Africa is a recurring theme in his fiction.

On returning to Britain, Buchan built a successful career in publishing with Nelsons and Reuters. During the first world war, he was Director of Information in the British government. He wrote a twenty-four v ...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 59,837 ratings · 5,399 reviews · 1,157 distinct works • Similar authors

	The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 38,727 ratings — published 1915 — 3597 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greenmantle (Richard Hannay #2) 3.74 avg rating — 4,546 ratings — published 1916 — 1138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Standfast 3.86 avg rating — 1,747 ratings — published 1919 — 764 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4) 3.80 avg rating — 1,114 ratings — published 1924 — 494 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prester John 3.62 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 1910 — 3846 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thirty-Nine Steps / Greenmantle 3.43 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 1915 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island of Sheep (Richard Hannay #5) 3.78 avg rating — 900 ratings — published 1936 — 1327 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huntingtower (Dickson McCunn, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 764 ratings — published 1922 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John MacNab (Sir Edward Leithen, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 602 ratings — published 1924 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Power House (Sir Edward Leithen, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 1916 — 414 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richard Hannay (6 books)
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James Buchan (Introduction)

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Dickson McCunn (3 books)
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The Battle of the Somme (3 books)
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The Battle of the Somme (3 books)
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“He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.”
― John Buchan

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“An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.”
― John Buchan

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“I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.”
― John Buchan, The 39 Steps

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Voting is now open for our December Classical read. Voting will stay open until November 27th, 2020 and the winning book will be announced on November 28th, 2020.

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

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Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

6 votes, 25.0%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

4 votes, 16.7%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

3 votes, 12.5%

The Settlers in Canada by Frederick Marryat

2 votes, 8.3%

Greenmantle by John Buchan

2 votes, 8.3%

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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