John Buchan 
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 Mc Cunn, 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. 
Contents:
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

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada