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Set against the religious struggles and civil wars of seventeenth century Scotland, John Buchan's Witch Wood is a gripping atmospheric tale in the spirit of Stevenson and Neil Munro.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- John Buchan
- First published
- 1927
- Pages
- 344
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Thomas Nelson and Son, House of Stratus, Incorporated
- Editions
- 219
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798538528271
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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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