The Sir Edward Leithen series is cut from the same cloth as John Buchan's other great series, the John Hanay books. The heroes are similar, the pace breathtaking, and their adventures cross all country lines. This volume contains all 5 books in the series.<P> THE POWER HOUSE – The Power-House of the title is an international anarchist organization led by a rich Englishman named Andrew Lumley. Its plan to destroy Western civilisation is thwarted by Leithen with the assistance of a...
This carefully edited collection of short stories has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Grey Weather The Ballad for Grey Weather Prester John At the Article of Death Politics and the May-Fly A Reputation A Journey of Little Profit At the Rising of the Waters The Earlier Affection The Black Fishers Summer Weather The Oasis in the Snow The Herd of Standlan Streams of Water in the South The Moor-Song Comedy...
Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, Legion of Honour, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan. In his autobiography, Memory Hold-the-Door, Buchan suggests that the character is based, in part, on Edmund Ironside, from Edinburgh, a spy during the Second Boer War. Hannay appears as a major character in five novels, all of which are included here:<P> The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)<BR> Greenmantle (1916)<BR> Mr Standfast (1919)<BR> The...
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