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Regarded by many critics as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Midwinter tells the tale of Alastair Maclean, confidant of Prince Charles...

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A very enjoyable and plausible story of a young entrepreneur who seeks his fortune in early New England. Buchan uses a mix of colonialist/indigenous...

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The Path of the King follows the lineage of a legendary Viking prince whose ancient band of gold is passed down through generations, linking the descendants...

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Described by Buchan as an "auld Highland story", it is set in 1745, the year when Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in Scotland and set in play the events that...

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Prester John is a 1910 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It tells the story of a young Scotsman named David Crawfurd and his adventures in...

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The hero of the novel is Adam Melfort, who marries young to a beautiful but mindless socialite who cannot return his love for her. When she forges her...

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The Free Fishers by John Buchan tells the story of a young man named Peter who leaves his studies to go salmon fishing in the Scottish highlands. There he...

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Twelve stories told at the monthly meetings of a (fictional) London dining club, whose members included some famous figures from Buchan's novels, such as...

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Buchan's first book: the Sieur de Rohaine has fallen on hard times and leaves his native France to live for a while in the Scottish Highlands. "We...

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This historical novel by John Buchan follows the life story of the fictional John Burnet, born in 1666 in the Scottish Borders. Presented as an...

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The collection includes short stories and poems. The stories Streams of Water in the South and The Rime of True Thomas were reprinted from a former...

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The Half-Hearted tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a young Scottish aristocrat who struggles to find purpose and meaning. In the first part of the novel,...

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John Buchan's political novel A Lodge in the Wilderness imagines a conference organized by a wealthy man named Francis Carey. Carey has invited eighteen...

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The English author E. R. Eddison wrote epic fantasy novels, including the seminal work ‘The Worm Ouroboros’ (1922) and the ‘Zimiamvian Trilogy’. His books...

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This collection assembles 11 tales by "Sapper" (H.C. McNeile), including his most famous ghost story, "The House by the Headland." Included are:...

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A giant of early-twentieth century English literature, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was a prolific novelist, poet and literary critic. Celebrated for his clear...

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The father of Mary Shelley, William Godwin was a novelist and social philosopher, whose revolutionary works anticipated the English Romantic literary...

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One of the most notable novelists of the Romantic era, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, best known by her pen name George Sand, achieved fame for her ‘rustic’...

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Trece histoiras. Un soñador, un joven y dos arcángeles en busca de la verdad. ¿Qué tienen en común un depresivo, un pedófilo, un abortista, un drogadicto, un...