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The Island of Sheep

Name: The Island of Sheep
Author: John Buchan

Auteur: John Buchan

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: Penguin Books Ltd

Auteur: John Buchan John Buchan

Engels
Paperback
9780140011319
26 maart 1981
256 pagina's

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John Buchan

John Buchan was born in Perth. His father was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland; and in 1876 the family moved to Fife where in order to attend the local school the small boy had to walk six miles a day. Later they moved again to the Gorbals in Glasgow and John Buchan went to Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow University (by which time he was already publishing articles in periodicals) and Brasenose College, Oxford. His years at Oxford - 'spent peacefully in an enclave like a monastery' - nevertheless opened up yet more horizons and he published five books and many articles, won several awards including the Newdigate Prize for poetry and gained a First. His career was equally diverse and successful after university and, despite ill-health and continual pain from a duodenal ulcer, he played a prominent part in public life as a barrister and Member of Parliament, in addition to being a writer, soldier and publisher. In 1907 he married Susan Grosvenor, and the marriage was supremely happy. They had one daughter and three sons. He was created Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield in 1935 and became the fifteenth Governor-General of Canada, a position he held until his death in 1940. 'I don't think I remember anyone,' wrote G. M. Trevelyan to his widow, 'whose death evoked a more enviable outburst of sorrow, love and admiration.'

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The Island of Sheep (1936), John Buchan's last thriller, features the return of Richard Hannay, the hero of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, and The Three Hostages. A long-lost comrade, a key to buried treasure, and a blood-feud jolt Hannay out of his comfortable but boring retirement. Remembering an oath sworn long ago under an African moon, he agrees to help the son of a former acquaintance seek refuge from a diabolical conspiracy. The action moves from England through the Scottish Borders to the Island of Sheep in the remote Norlands, where Hannay and his friends turn at last to confront the villains. Memorable for its vivid evocations of place, the novel reflects upon its own position at the end of Buchan's career, and at the end of a modern Scottish tradition of adventure romances.
This is the first critical edition of The Island of Sheep, with extensive notes and an introduction exploring the novel's themes and preoccupations in relation to Buchan's previous works.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 26 maart 1981
Aantal pagina's: 256
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: John Buchan
Tweede Auteur: John Buchan
Hoofdredacteur: Ian Duncan
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

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Editie: New edition
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 110 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 14 mm
Verpakking lengte: 180 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 152 g

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EAN: 9780140011319

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