John Buchan

The Power House

Authorised Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Birlinn General
• Authorised Edition
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 141mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9781846970290
• ISBN-10: 1846970296
• Artikelnr.: 22906868

Autorenporträt

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. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.