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Classic John Buchan Stories

By: John Buchan
Narrated by: Iain Cuthbertson
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 John Buchan, who served in Intelligence during World War I, wrote over 100 books, including seven collections of short stories. Although he is best known for his five Richard Hannay thrillers (including The 39 Steps, the basis for an Alfred Hitchcock film), some of his most lucid and enjoyable writing can be found in his lesser known short stories.

Here are tales about war-time code breaking, cannibalism, and swashbuckling adventure during the times of Bonnie Prince Charlie. They vie with subtler stories, with a more intimate perspective, about the vagaries of human nature, politics, fishing, and poaching, set against the landscape of the lowland Scottish countryside where Buchan spent his youth.

(P)1990, 1998 CSA Telltapes Ltd. Classics Short Stories Fiction Adventure
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Diverse collection – not just adventure

Most readers will associate John Buchan with the Richard Hannay stories, but he was a very talented writer across a number of genres. This collection brings together different types of tales, and there are as many pastoral Scottish pieces as there are adventure stories. This is a thoroughly enjoyable set, reminding us of Buchan's creative breadth, though some of the stories are more rewarding than others. The audio book is an improvement on a printed text as much of the dialogue is in different Scots dialects, and Iain Cuthbertson does a winning job of bringing these to life.

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