John Buchan: Sick Heart River | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781846970306 | Sick Heart River | Authorised Edition | John Buchan | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

Leithen undertakes a heroic quest from London to the Canadian Northwest to redeem himself after a tuberculosis prognosis.

Sir Edward Leithen - perhaps the autobiographical of Buchan's characters - is dying of tuberculosis and has been given a year to live. After this prognosis, Leithen undertakes a profoundly heroic quest from London to the Canadian Northwest, tracking down a missing man who is literally 'sick at heart'. In the course of this epic journey, Leithen finds redemption for himself.

Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel, completed just days before his death. The rich, authentic descriptions of the rugged Canadian landscape were influenced by a voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937, at which time Buchan was Governor-General of Canda.

With an introduction by James Buchan.

This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.

Über den Autor

John Buchan, one of Alfred Hitchcock's favorite writers, 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. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. 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. James Buchan, who provides the introduction, is a grandson of John Buchan and a novelist and historian in his own right.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Importe , Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781846970306
ISBN-10:	184697030X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Buchan, John
Orchester:	Buchan, James
Auflage:	Authorised Edition
Hersteller:	Birlinn General
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	199 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	John Buchan
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.07.2007
Gewicht:	0,209 kg