![]() ![]() ![]() James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612-1650) was a Scottish poet. ![]() The most popular include The Thirty‐Nine Steps (1915), Greenmantle (1916), Mr Standfast (1918), and John Macnab (1925). This classic book is John Buchans 1928 historical study, Montrose - A History. The stories are packed with action the characterization is simple the landscapes are lovingly evoked. Many of his other tales feature a recurring group of heroes (Richard Hannay, Sandy Arbuthnot, Peter Pienaar, Edward Leithen, etc.) favoured settings include Scotland, the Cotswolds, and South Africa, although the last, Sick Heart River (1941), prefiguring his own death, is set in the icy wastes of Canada. Product details of The Marquis of Montrose by John Buchan (US edition, hardcover) Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Palala Press ISBN 13. Montrose by Buchan John (174 results) You searched for: Author: buchan john, Title: montrose. He wrote many non‐fiction works, including lives of Montrose (1913) and Scott (1932), but is remembered for his adventure stories, the first of which was Prester John (1910), set in Africa. The Marquis of Montrose (Prion Lost Treasures) by Buchan, John and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. From 1901 to 1903 he was in South Africa with the High Commission working on reconstruction after the Boer War, and later combined a literary career with a career in public life, culminating with the post of governor‐general of Canada, 1935–40. Born in Perth, was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. ![]()
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