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Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England
Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England
Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England
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Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England

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'Midwinter' is a wonderfully written historical novel. Alastair Maclean. A scottsman who has been in exile in France goes to Englad to join the Scottish Army as it advances on London. En route Maclean discovers a plot that will endanger the Scottish cause. Further complicating his situation he finds himself falling in love with a married English Lady. He must decide between honor, love, and country.
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Release dateDec 23, 2019
ISBN9781515441977
Midwinter: Certain Travellers in Old England
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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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    Buchan's descriptions of the natural world are prose poems. The historical fiction aspect is not as compelling as the great Buchan plots, but still carries the reader along. And if you haven't been introduced to the great quotations of Samuel Johnson...

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