Book description
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa
and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is
committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an
American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have
dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and
an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native
Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one
step ahead of his pursuers.
John Buchan (1875-1940) was born in Perth, Scotland and educated at
Oxford where he published five books and won several awards, including
one for poetry. He went on to be a barrister, a member of parliament,
a soldier, a publisher, a historical biographer, and - in 1935 - he
became the Govenor-General of Canada. Today he is best remembered as
the author of his perennially popular adventure novels.
Sir John Keegan is a world-renowned historian of the First World
War. His books include The First World War (Pimlico), A History of
Warfare (Pimlico), and a biography of Winston Churchill (Weidenfeld
& Nicholson, November 2003).
