The Three Hostages

by John Buchan

Overview

The story re-introduces the reader to an older Richard Hannay, married and the father of a young son, living on a country estate. Our hero is pulled out of retirement by his old comrade, Bullivant, asking him to help track down three missing persons, taken so that the villain can, as well as furthering his craze for crime and stopping his activities being investigated, obtain complete mental control over his acolytes. After much deliberation, Hannay accepts the case and so begins the search for the missing three. Much of the story is a series of chases, following various clues, during which Hannay is once again forced to work against the ordinary police to maintain his secrecy. „The Three Hostages” is a haunting novel, given added poignancy by the subsequent history of the twentieth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788381157629
Publisher:	Ktoczyta.pl
Publication date:	05/08/2017
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He wrote adventure novels, short-story collections and biographies. His passion for the Scottish countryside is reflected in much of his writing. Buchan's adventure stories are high in romance and are peopled by a large cast of characters. 'Richard Hannay', 'Dickson McCunn' and 'Sir Edward Leithen' are three that reappear several times. Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', featuring Hannay, for the big screen. Born in 1875 in Perth, Buchan was the son of a minister. Childhood holidays were spent in the Borders, for which he had a great love. He was educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was President of the Union. Called to the Bar in 1901, he became Lord Milner's assistant private secretary in South Africa. By 1907, however, he was working as a publisher with Nelson's. During the First World War Buchan was a correspondent at the Front for 'The Times', as well as being an officer in the Intelligence Corps and advisor to the War Cabinet. Elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for one of the Scottish Universities' seats in 1927, he was created Baron Tweedsmuir in 1935. From then, until his death in 1940, he served as Governor General of Canada, during which time he nevertheless managed to continue writing.

Table of Contents

1	Doctor Greenslade Theorizes	1
2	I Hear of the Three Hostages	12
3	Researches in the Subconscious	30
4	I Make the Acquaintance of a Popular Man	44
5	The Thursday Club	60
6	The House in Gospel Oak	76
7	Some Experiences of a Disciple	93
8	The Blind Spinner	107
9	I am Introduced to Strong Magic	120
10	Confidences at a Wayside Inn	134
11	How a German Engineer Found Strange Fishing	151
12	I Return to Servitude	167
13	I Visit the Fields of Eden	179
14	Sir Archibald Roylance Puts His Foot In It	198
15	How a French Nobleman Discovered Fear	212
16	Our Time is Narrowed	223
17	The District-Visitor in Palmyra Square	238
18	The Night of the First of June	247
19	The Night of the First of June - Later	264
20	Machray	282
21	How I Stalked Wilder Game Than Deer	296

Editorial Reviews

For his time, Buchan defined the spy story formula

The New Criterion

Don't forget John Buchan ... very much a writer for our troubled times

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