Huntingtower Contributor(s): Buchan, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406791318 ISBN-13: 9781406791310 Publisher: Pomona Press OUR PRICE: $30.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Contents Include: How a retired Provision Merchant felt the Impulse of Spring - Of Mr. John Heritage and the Difference in Points of View - How Childe Roland and Another came to the Dark Tower - Dougal - Of the Princess in the Tower - How Mr. McCunn departed with relief and returned with resolution - Sundry doings in the Mirk - How a Middle-Aged Crusader accepted a Challenge - The First Battle of the Cruives - Deals with an Escape and a Journey - Gravity out of bed - How Mr. McCunn committed an Assault upon an Ally - The Coming of the Danish Brig - The Second Battle of the Cruives - The Gorbals Die-Hards go into Action - In Which a Princess leaves a Dark Tower and a Provision Merchant returns to his Family |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.96 lbs) 344 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Originally published in 1922, 'Huntingtower' by John Buchan is set in Scotland and follows the adventures of Dickson McCunn, a newly retired grocer planning a modest walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland, where he meets John Heritage, a young English poet. However, their peaceful, idyllic ramblings soon turn into adventure, when they discover that two woman are being held captive at a local mansion - one of them a Russian princess. This lovely book could be described as an adult fairy-tale, and will prove a great read for all. |