john buchan

One of my uncles introduced me to John Buchan, and from then on I have discovered some of his greatest pieces apart from The 39 Steps, and the other Hannay stories. There is the Leithen stories including my favourite John Macnab, other works include The Half-hearted, about cowardice and courage...

John Buchan (1875-1940), Lord Tweedsmuir, is best known for The Thirty-Nine Steps, which has not been happily treated in its movie and TV versions, I think. He was an industrious and gifted writer of thrillers, historical novels, supernatural tales, and history. His memoirs are called...

Antiloquax mentioned John Buchan -- http://www.sffchronicles.co.uk/forum/6197-book-hauls-475.html#post1734581 -- so I thought we could start a thread for discussing his work. He wrote many stories of suspense and adventure, the best-known, of course, being The Thirty-Nine Steps. However, a...