Selected Works of John Buchan

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.



John Buchan combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life.



Buchan wrote superb action novels, including the spy-catching adventures of Richard Hannay.



Buchan wrote superb action novels, including the spy-catching adventures of Richard Hannay, whose exploits are described in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr. Standfast, The Three Hostages, and The Island of Sheep.



Apart from Hannay, Buchan created two other leading characters in Dickson McCunn, the shrewd retired grocer who appears in Huntingtower, Castle Gay, and The House of the Four Winds; and the lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, who features in the The Power-House, John Macnab, The Dancing Floor, The Gap in the Curtain and Sick Heart River.



During Buchan’s last years he was still productive as a writer, and published notable historical biographies, such as Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, and Cromwell.







RICHARD HANNAY STORIES



THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS



GREENMANTLE



MR. STANDFAST



THE THREE HOSTAGES



THE COURTS OF THE MORNING



THE ISLAND OF SHEEP







LEITHEN STORIES



THE POWER-HOUSE



JOHN MACNAB



THE DANCING FLOOR



THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN



SICK HEART RIVER







DICKSON MCCUNN AND THE 'GORBALS DIE-HARDS'



HUNTINGTOWER



CASTLE GAY



THE HOUSE OF THE FOUR WINDS







NOVELS



SIR QUIXOTE OF THE MOORS



JOHN BURNET OF BARNS



WITCH WOOD



THE BLANKET OF THE DARK



THE FREE FISHERS



THE HALF-HEARTED



A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS



A LOST LADY OF OLD YEARS



THE PATH OF THE KING



PRESTER JOHN



SALUTE TO ADVENTURERS