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This modern fairy-tale is also the gripping adventure story about Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer who finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower. Here, Buchan introduces some of his best-loved characters and paints a remarkable picture of a man rejuvenated by joining much younger comrades in a fight against tyranny and fear.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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John Buchan was born in Perth, Scotland in 1875 and called to the Bar in 1901, combining law with a steady output of books, reviews and articles and becoming a partner in the publishers Thomas Nelson and Sons. In the First World War he was a correspondent for The Times on the Western Front and
in Intelligence and propaganda for the Foreign Office and War Office, then Director of the Department of Information. He was a biographer of Montrose, Walter Scott, Cromwell and others, became MP for the Scottish Universities in 1927 and ended his life as Governor-General of Canada.
in Intelligence and propaganda for the Foreign Office and War Office, then Director of the Department of Information. He was a biographer of Montrose, Walter Scott, Cromwell and others, became MP for the Scottish Universities in 1927 and ended his life as Governor-General of Canada.
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- Publication date2009
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- ISBN 13 9780199537860
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