John Macnab (eBook)

John Buchan (Autor)

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2018
215 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
978-80-268-9650-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Three successful but bored friends in their mid-forties decide to turn to poaching. They are Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), and ex-Attorney General; John Palliser-Yeates, banker and sportsman; and Charles, Earl of Lamancha, former adventurer and present Conservative Cabinet Minister. Under the collective name of 'John Macnab', they set up in the Highland home of Sir Archie Roylance, a disabled war hero who wishes to be a Conservative MP. They issue a challenge to three of Roylance's neighbours: first the Radens, who are an old-established family, about to die out; next, the Bandicotts: an American archaeologist and his son, who are renting a grand estate for the summer; and lastly the Claybodys, vulgar, bekilted nouveaux riches. These neighbours are forewarned that 'John Macnab' will poach a salmon or a stag from their land and return it to them undetected...

Autor

John Buchan was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as the Governor General of Canada since Canadian Confederation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.10.2018
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Adventure thriller Highlands • Bored friends poaching challenge • Catch-22 • Conservative politicians adventure • Dashiell Hammett • Disabled war hero Highland home • Father Brown • John Grisham • John le Carré • Mid-forties friends • Our Man in Havana • Political intrigue poaching • Rival neighbors poaching contest • Robin Hood • Scottish Highlands poaching • Secret poaching society • Sherlock Holmes • Social class rivalry • Thirty-Nine Steps • Truman Capote
• ISBN-10: 80-268-9650-5 / 8026896505
• ISBN-13: 978-80-268-9650-0 / 9788026896500