- Fiction, History, Scottish Historical fiction, Fiction, historical, general
Set in a bleak Yorkshire hamlet, this is a tale of treason and romance. Anthony Lammas, Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, becomes entangled in a web of intrigue that threatens the country. His boyhood allegiance to a brotherhood of deep-sea fishermen involves him and his handsome ex-pupil with a beautiful, but dangerous, woman.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John Buchan
- First published
- 1934
- Pages
- 302
- Publisher
- Four Square, House of Stratus, Independently Published
- Editions
- 162
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798573292908
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A Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan>Wikipedia</a>).
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