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The Three Hostages
The Three Hostages
The Three Hostages
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The Three Hostages

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The Three Hostages was written in the year 1924 by John Buchan. This book is one of the most popular novels of John Buchan, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

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LanguageEnglish
PublisherBooklassic
Release dateJul 7, 2015
ISBN9789635221042
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John Buchan

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.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This is the fourth in the RIchard Hannay series. It is after World War 1, and Richard Hannay is asked to hep find three people who have been kidnapped as part of a plot having a links t the *rish nationalist movement (which Buchan evidently disliked). THe villain turns out to be a man who had been a friend of his and a member of the Runagates Club. I wonder if he is influenced by people like Sir Roger Casement and Erskine Childers who had very much part of that English heroic caste until they joined the Irish revolution.
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    Sorry but I know this book is a classic and I respect that this was written in 1924/25 but this book wasnt for me. Found it confusing the way it keeps jumping from how the hero Dick Hannay unravels the clues. It was to far fetched and full of posh upper class twits for me. Probably in the day this book was really cutting edge and exciting but its so dated now.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    More brave men and strong women thwarting a plot for world domination. Richard Hannay, Sandy Arbuthnot and Archie Roylance all feature. A love of wild places overlays all.

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