- Dickson McCunn (Fictitious character), Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
A (mis)adventure, which combines an old Scotsman, a British MP and others in a youth-led royalist revolution in Mittle Europe. Complete with a circus elephant, this is a fun read, but definitely inferior to Buchan's more famous works. The main characters are a sequel from *Huntingtower* and *Castle Gay*.
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Classical in form, resolved, raw and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- John Buchan
- First published
- 1935
- Pages
- 309
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelason and Sons, Ltd., Houghton Mifflin, House of Stratus
- Editions
- 152
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798416697815
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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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