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John Buchan was born in Perth on 26th August, 1875. Educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1898 Buchan won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. Although trained as a lawyer, Buchan became private secretary to Lord Alfred Milner, high commissioner for South Africa. In 1903 he mehr anzeigen returned to England where he became a director of the publishing company, Thomas Nelson & Sons. In 1910 Buchan had his first novel, Prester John, published. In July 1914, Blackwood's Magazine began serializing Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps. With Britain on the verge of war, the nation was obsessed with German spy fever and its subject matter made it an immediate success. When it was published in book form, it sold over 25,000 copies in three months. Charles Masterman, the journalist, was appointed head of the government's War Propaganda Bureau. Masterman recruited Buchan and asked him to organise the publication of a history of the war in the form of a monthly magazine. Published by his own company, the first installment of the Nelson's History of the War appeared in February, 1915. A further twenty-three appeared at regular intervals throughout the war. In the spring of 1915, Buchan agreed to become one of the five journalists attached to the British Army. He was given responsibility for providing articles for The Times and the Daily News. In June 1916, Buchan was recruited by the British Army to draft communiqués for Sir Douglas Haig and other members of the General Headquarters Staff. Given the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps, Buchan was also provided with the documents needed to write the Nelson's History of the War. Buchan's History of the War provided the public with a completely false impression of what was going on the Western Front. Buchan also wrote a series of propoganda pamphlets published by Oxford University Press. In February, 1917, the government established a Department of Information. Given the rank Lieutenant Colonel, Buchan was put in charge on the department on an annual salary of £1,000 a year. After the war Buchan continued to write adventures stories such as Huntingtower, The Three Hostages, and Witch Wood (1927). He also became involved in politics and in 1927 was elected Conservative MP for the Scottish Universities. Buchan held the seat until granted the title Baron Tweedsmuir in 1935. Buchan was president of the Scottish History Society from 1929 to 1932, and wrote biographies of Montrose and Sir Walter Scott. Buchan also served as governor-general of Canada from 1935 to 1937 and chancellor of Edinburgh University from 1937 to 1940. John Buchan died on 12th February, 1940. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von John Buchan
The Leithen Stories: The Power-House, John Macnab, the Dancing Floor, Sick Heart River (2000) 34 Exemplare
The Adventures of Dickson McCunn: "Huntingtower", "Castle Gay", "House of the Four Winds" (1937) 32 Exemplare
The Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) (2009) 31 Exemplare
Four Tales: The Thirty-Nine Steps; The Power-House; The Watcher by the Threshold; The Moon Endureth (1936) 23 Exemplare
JOHN BUCHAN Ultimate Collection: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories, Including Historical Works… (2016) 12 Exemplare
World War I - 9 Book Collection: Nelson's History of the War, The Battle of Jutland & The Battle of the Somme:… (2016) 12 Exemplare
British Mystery Multipacks Vol. 6 - British Spy Mysteries: The 39 Steps, The Riddle of the Sands, Bulldog Drummond,… (2015) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
Supernatural Buchan - Stories of ancient spirits uncanny places and strange creatures (2007) 8 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War Volume XII : The Retreat from Bagdad, the Evacuation of Gallipoli, and the Derby Report (1917) 6 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War IV : The Great Struggle in West Flanders, the Two Attacks on Warsaw, and the Fighting at… (2005) 5 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War Volume XVIII : From the German Overtures for Peace to the American Declaration of War (1918) 5 Exemplare
The causal and the casual in history 4 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War (Volume 1) 4 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 5) 4 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War XVII : From the Opening of the Rumanian Campaign to the Change of Government in Britain (1918) 4 Exemplare
Skule Skerry 4 Exemplare
The Green Wildebeest 3 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 22) 3 Exemplare
British Mystery Multipack Volume 11 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Stolen Letter,… (2016) 3 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 11) 3 Exemplare
Comments and characters. (A selection of ... contributions to the Scottish review) (1941) 3 Exemplare
Nelson's History of the War: (Volume 23) 3 Exemplare
Two Ordeals of Democracy: A Lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni Memorial Foundation October 16, 1924 3 Exemplare
The Herd Of Stanlan 2 Exemplare
A Journey Of Little Profit 2 Exemplare
Complete Fictional Works of John Buchan 2 Exemplare
Ship to Tarshish 2 Exemplare
On Cademuir Hill [short story] 2 Exemplare
The last crusade 2 Exemplare
The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott 2 Exemplare
The Collected Works of John Buchan (Illustrated): Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels, Mystery Novels, Historical… (2017) 2 Exemplare
Great Hours in Sport 2 Exemplare
The Kings of Orion 2 Exemplare
Fountainblue 2 Exemplare
The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures: A BBC Radio Collection of Full-Cast Dramatisations (2020) 2 Exemplare
Nelson's history of the war 1 Exemplar
John Buchan : 28 Novels & 40+ Short Stories (Illustrated) : Thriller Classics, Spy Novels, Supernatural Tales,… (2017) 1 Exemplar
An Article of Death 1 Exemplar
The Adventures by John Buchan. Book 5 1 Exemplar
Best of John Buchan Volume 1 1 Exemplar
Some notes on Sir Walter Scott 1 Exemplar
El collar de la reina de Saba 1 Exemplar
The Adventures by John Buchan. Book 4 1 Exemplar
The Rising of the Waters 1 Exemplar
The Adventures by John Buchan. Book 3 1 Exemplar
Streams of Water in the South [short story] 1 Exemplar
English Literature, Vols. 1-2 — Einführung — 1 Exemplar
The Oasis In The Snow [short story] 1 Exemplar
A Reputation [short story] 1 Exemplar
At The Rising of the Waters [short story] 1 Exemplar
Song of the Moor [short story] 1 Exemplar
At The Article of Death [short story] 1 Exemplar
An Individualist [short story] 1 Exemplar
Afternoon [short story] 1 Exemplar
Politics and the Mayfly [short story] 1 Exemplar
A Captain of Salvation [short story] 1 Exemplar
Comedy in the Full Moon [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Lit Chamber [short story] 1 Exemplar
Great Britain, Volume Two 1 Exemplar
Great Britain, Volume One 1 Exemplar
Italy (the nations of to-day a new history of the world) — Herausgeber — 1 Exemplar
Essays and Apothegms of Francis Lord Bacon 1 Exemplar
Short Stories 1 Exemplar
The Far Islands [short story] 1 Exemplar
Summer Weather [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Shut Door [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Best Works of John Buchan 1 Exemplar
Ho! The Merry Masons [short story] 1 Exemplar
Dr Lartius [short story] 1 Exemplar
Human Quarry [short story] 1 Exemplar
Sing a Song of Sixpence [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Loathly Opposite [short story] 1 Exemplar
Tendebant Manus [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Post [short story] 1 Exemplar
Nemesis [short story] 1 Exemplar
Watches of the Night [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Black Fishers [short story] 1 Exemplar
The King of Ypres [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Riding of Ninemileburn [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Green Glen [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Lemnian [short story] 1 Exemplar
A Lucid Interval [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Company of the Marjolaine [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Knees of the Gods [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Watcher By The Threshold [short story] 1 Exemplar
Gideon Scott [short story] 1 Exemplar
The Earlier Affection [short story] 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Alfred Hitchcock's Fear and Trembling (1948) — Mitwirkender; Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 49 Exemplare
Mehr Spionagegeschichten von John Buchan bis Ian Fleming (1964) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben; Mitwirkender — 46 Exemplare
The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967) — Mitwirkender — 42 Exemplare
Dangerous Dimensions: Mind-Bending Tales of the Mathematical Weird (2021) — Mitwirkender — 32 Exemplare
Strange relics : stories of archaeology and the supernatural, 1895-1954 (2022) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition (1936) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 5 Exemplare
The Pirate of the Round Pond and Other Strange Adventure Stories (1977) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Anthropologica Incognita: Wild Men, Strange Apes, and Fantastic Races in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy (2009) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
A Modern Galaxy: Short Stories — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
Modern Mystery and Adventure Novels: Portrait of Jennie; Jamaica Inn; The Thirty-Nine Steps; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2015) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Rosemary — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Speculative Fiction and Imperialism in Africa (Political Future Fiction: Speculative and Counter-Factual Politics in… (2013) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Duchy Zimowej Nocy 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron
- Andere Namen
- Tweedsmuir, Lord
- Geburtstag
- 1875-08-26
- Todestag
- 1940-02-11
- Begräbnisort
- Elsfield, Oxfordshire, UK
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Schottland
- Land (für Karte)
- Grossbritannien
- Geburtsort
- Perth, Tayside, Scotland, UK
- Sterbeort
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Wohnorte
- Perth, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Fife, Scotland, UK
South Africa
Oxford, England, UK
London, England, UK
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Zeige alle 7)
Montréal, Québec, Canada - Ausbildung
- University of Glasgow (classics)
Oxford University (Brasenose College) (Literae Humaniores) - Berufe
- writer
author
Staatsmann
soldier (HQ staff)
MP (Scottish Universities)
General-Gouverneur (Canada) (Zeige alle 12)
Geheimrat
Kanzler (Universität Edinburgh)
Biograph
Novelist
Journalist
Soldat (Generalstab) - Beziehungen
- Buchan, Anna (sister)
Buchan, Susan Grosvenor (wife)
Buchan, James (grandson)
Buchan, John Norman Stuart (son)
Buchan, William James de l'Aigle (son)
Buchan, Ursula (granddaughter) - Organisationen
- Scottish Historical Society
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Privy Counsel of the United Kingdom (1937)
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (Knight Grand Cross) (1935)
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1939)
Order of the Companions of Honour (1932)
Hereditary Peerage (1935)
Deputy Lieutenant (Zeige alle 9)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1928)
Newdigate Prize (1898)
Stanhope Prize (1897) - Kurzbiographie
- Buchan was the son of a Free Church minister, and grew up in Fife. He read classics at Glasgow University, winning a scholarship that enabled him to continue his studies at Oxford.
After graduating, he went to South Africa in the aftermath of the Boer War as aide to Alfred Milner. After an unsuccessful attempt to make his way as a lawyer, he went into publishing. In 1907, he linked himself to the English aristocracy by marrying the Duke of Westminster's cousin, Susan Grosvenor.
In the years immediately before World War I, he started to make a name for himself as a writer of adventure stories. T
During World War I he continued to write adventure stories in between propaganda work for the government and reporting the war for the Times.
After the war, Buchan settled down in a country house outside Oxford, later becoming a Unionist MP
In 1935 he was appointed Governor-General of Canada. At the time, this was an appointment that went with a peerage, so he became Baron Tweedsmuir. He died in 1940.
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'The Grove of Ashtaroth' by John Buchan (1912?) in Gothic Literature (März 2019)
The Will You Join Me Reading-experiment: Mr. Standfast by John Buchan in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Juni 2014)
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