John Buchan

Broschiertes Buch

The Battle of the Somme - The First and Second Phase

Beschreibung

John Buchan was one of the only historians documenting the course of the First World War as it happened. Here are both of his books on the Somme offensive, one of the most destructive and bloody battles of the first great war. Buchan was an intelligence officer and diplomat so was in a rare position to have an almost complete overview of the attacks as they happened. Including a biography of the author.

Autor

John Buchan (1875 - 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. Buchan was in 1927 elected Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but he spent most of his time on his writing career, notably writing The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure fiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Northup Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781473306677
• ISBN-10: 1473306671
• Artikelnr.: 38467509