25%OFF
The Three Hostages
John Buchan
€ 13.99
€ 10.50
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Three Hostages
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles into peaceful domesticity with his wife Mary and their young son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. With no more than a few tantalisingly cryptic lines of verse as clues, he is soon on the trail of Dominick Medina – a charismatic polymath but a man ‘utterly and consumedly wicked’. As Hannay uncovers an international plot to twist innocent minds through hypnotism and blackmail, it appears that he has met his match in one of Buchan’s most memorable villains.
With an introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
... Read moreProduct Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846971570
SKU
KSG0000209
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Buchan
John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist, born in Perth in 1875. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. 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.
Reviews for The Three Hostages
'Don't forget John Buchan ... very much a writer for our troubled times'
The Catholic Herald
'For his time, Buchan defined the spy story formula'
The New Criterion
The Catholic Herald
'For his time, Buchan defined the spy story formula'
The New Criterion