| Prester John: Authorised Edition Authorised Edition Contributor(s): Buchan, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1846974054 ISBN-13: 9781846974052 Publisher: Polygon OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics |
| Lexile Measure: 1000 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: South Africa, 1900. After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John. Written as a boys' adventure story and set mostly in South Africa (where Buchan had worked), "Prester John" was published in 1910 when Buchan was 35. It's a fast-moving thriller in the style of Robert Louis Stevenson and Rider Haggard. |
Contributor Bio(s): Buchan, John: - John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. |
