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Author : John Buchan
Release : 1941
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Book Synopsis Sick Heart River. With an Introd. by Howard Swiggett by : John Buchan
Download or read book Sick Heart River. With an Introd. by Howard Swiggett written by John Buchan. This book was released on 1941. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Buchan
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Book Synopsis Sick heart river. With an intr. by Howard Swiggett by : John Buchan
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Author : David Stafford
Release : 2012-02-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 431/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Silent Game by : David Stafford
Download or read book The Silent Game written by David Stafford. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silent Game traces the history of spy writers and their fiction from creator William Le Queux, of the Edwardian age, to John le Carré, of the Cold War era. David Stafford reveals the connections between fact and fiction as seen in the lives of writers with experience in intelligence, including John Buchan, Compton Mackenzie, Somerset Maugham, Ian Fleming, and Graham Greene. Le Queux used his spy fiction as xenophobic propaganda before and after World War I, and le Carré's novels have provided reflections on the Cold War and the decline of Britain's influence. Anxieties about the decline of the American “empire” have helped stimulate a more vigorous American literature of espionage, providing an index of contemporary American concerns about power relations. As Stafford suggests, the genre of espionage fiction rarely intends to document the real world of intelligence. Rather, it provides a popular vehicle for exploring themes of imperial decline, international crisis, and impending war.
Author : Andrew Lownie
Release : 2003
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 363/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis John Buchan by : Andrew Lownie
Download or read book John Buchan written by Andrew Lownie. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Andrew Lownie's acclaimed biography - the first in over thirty years - reveals a character as complex and fascinating as any in his great quartet of thrillers starring master spy Richard Hannay. He succeeds in the daunting task of retelling Buchan's life in all its variety, breadth, and complexity. Based on exhaustive research and drawing on private papers previously unavailable to biographers, this is a compelling picture of Buchan's life, and a panoramic view of British political, social, and literary circles during the first half of the twentieth-century."--Jacket.
Author : Elizabeth Waterston
Release : 2003-12-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 853/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rapt in Plaid by : Elizabeth Waterston
Download or read book Rapt in Plaid written by Elizabeth Waterston. This book was released on 2003-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrate a long-lasting connection between Scottish and Canadian literary traditions and illuminates the way Scottish ideas and values still wield surprising power in Canadian politics, education, theology, economics and social mores.
