The Buchan Papers by J.D.F. Jones
The Buchan Papers by J.D.F. Jones
Softcover
ISBN 1860461808
Publisher: The Harvill Press 1996
Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some slight/limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. The wraps are slightly shelf rubbed with very slight knocking at the back. The blocks have some minor marks. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.
John Buchan, author of the novels The 39 Steps and Greenmantle, is known worldwide as the father of the modern spy novel and is still regarded as one of the few masters of the form. Now, to the unexpected delight of his legions of admirers, comes a previously unpublished manuscript that has all the earmarks of a Buchan book. With an introduction and notes by J. D. F. Jones, who uncovered the manuscript in an unrelated archive, The Buchan Papers relates the adventures of the young John Buchan, who, in 1903, was a junior civil servant posted to South Africa. There, he was sent to search for the fabled missing treasure of the Boer, "Kruger's Gold". Full of adventure, double-blinds, and mysterious characters, this pastiche, with its mix of historical and imaginary figures, is as compelling and captivating as any of Buchan's own.
