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  1. The Blanket of the Dark
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless' mehr

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    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'

     
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    ISBN: 9781846970726
    Umfang: Online-Ressource (362 p)
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    Cover page; Bibliography; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Sir Ranulphe Crewe; Contents; Introduction; One - The Painted Floor; Two - In which Peter is Introduced to Fortune; Three - In which Peter Lurks in the Shadow; Four - In which Peter goes Deeper into the Greenwood; Five - The Parliament of Beggars; Six - In which Peter Emerges into the Light; Seven - How a Would-be King became a Fugitive; Eight - How Peter Saw Death in the Swan Inn; Nine - The Road to Damascus; Ten - Of the Conclave at Little Greece; Eleven - How Peter Came Again to Avelard

    Twelve - Of the Vision in the SnowThirteen - The Unloosing of the Waters; Fourteen - HowPeter Strove with Powers and Principalities; Fifteen - How the Swan of Bohun Went Down; Sixteen - How Peter Returned to the Greenwood; Epilogue;
  2. A Lost Lady of Old Years
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor. Intro -- A... mehr

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    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor. Intro -- A Lost Lady of Old Years -- Introduction -- BOOK I -- ONE -- The Birkenshaws of that Ilk and their Fortunes -- TWO -- How Mr. Francis Birkenshaw Departed his Native City -- THREE -- Forth and Tweed -- FOUR -- A Journey in Late Summer -- FIVE -- The Portrait of a Lady -- SIX -- On the Edinburgh Highway -- SEVEN -- Of a Lady on a Grey Horse -- BOOK II -- EIGHT -- The Journey to the North -- NINE -- My Lord of Lovat -- TEN -- Waste Places -- ELEVEN -- The Prince's Cabinet of War -- TWELVE -- After Culloden -- THIRTEEN -- Crabbed Age and Youth -- FOURTEEN -- How Mr. Francis Came to the Lowlands Once More -- BOOK III -- FIFTEEN -- The House of Broughton -- SIXTEEN -- A Council of Honour -- SEVENTEEN -- A Journey to the South -- EIGHTEEN -- Of an Interview in an Unlikely Place -- NINETEEN -- The Last of the Secretary -- TWENTY -- The Death of the Lord Lovat -- TWENTY-ONE -- The Temptation of Mr. Francis -- TWENTY-TWO -- A Long Leave-taking -- TWENTY-THREE -- In the Nature of a Postscript.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905055
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  3. The Island of Sheep
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    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honour-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural... mehr

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    A long-forgotten promise made by Richard Hannay finds him honour-bound to resolve a violent vendetta in which the lives of a young father and his daughter are in danger from desperate men. Hannay sets out on a high-octane chase from the rural tranquillity of his English manor to the Scottish Borders and, ultimately, to Scandinavia. Intro -- The Island of Sheep -- Introduction -- PART I -- Fosse -- ONE -- Lost Gods -- TWO -- Hanham Flats -- THREE -- The Tablet Of Jade -- FOUR -- Haraldsen -- FIVE -- Haraldsen's Son -- SIX -- Sundry Doings At Fosse -- SEVEN -- Lord Clanroyden Intervenes -- PART II -- Laverlaw -- EIGHT -- Sanctuary -- NINE -- Lochinvar -- TEN -- The Dog Samr -- ELEVEN -- We Shift our Base -- PART III -- The Island of Sheep -- TWELVE -- Hulda's Folk -- THIRTEEN -- Marine Biology -- FOURTEEN -- The Ways of the Pink-Foot -- FIFTEEN -- Transformation By Fire -- SIXTEEN -- The Riddle of the Tablet.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905031
    Schriftenreihe: The Richard Hannay Adventures Ser. ; v.5
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  4. John Burnet of Barns
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery,... mehr

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    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery, betrayal and a desperate struggle for survival. Intro -- John Burnet of Barns -- Introduction -- BOOK ONE -- Tweeddale -- ONE -- The Adventure which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck -- TWO -- The House of Barns -- THREE -- The Spate in Tweed -- FOUR -- I Go to the College at Glasgow -- FIVE -- Cousinly Affection -- SIX -- How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and was Checkmated -- SEVEN -- The 'Pegasus' Inn at Peebles and how a Stranger Returned from the Wars -- EIGHT -- I Take Leave of My Friends -- NINE -- I Ride Out on My Travels and Find a Companion -- BOOK TWO -- The Low Countries -- ONE -- Of My Voyage to the Low Countries -- TWO -- I Visit Master Peter Wishart -- THREE -- The Story of a Supper Party -- FOUR -- Our Adventure on the Alphen Road -- FIVE -- The First Sunday of March -- SIX -- The First Monday of March -- SEVEN -- I Spend My Days in Idleness -- EIGHT -- The Coming of the Brig Seamaw -- NINE -- An Account of My Homecoming -- BOOK THREE -- The Hillmen -- ONE -- The Pier o' Leith -- TWO -- How I Rode to the South -- THREE -- The House of Dawyck -- FOUR -- How Michael Veitch Met His End -- FIVE -- I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills -- SIX -- The Cave of the Cor Water -- SEVEN -- How Two of His Majesty's Servants Met with Their Deserts -- EIGHT -- Of Our Wanderings among the Moors of Clyde -- NINE -- I Part from Marjory -- TEN -- Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Clench -- ELEVEN -- How a Miller Strove with His Own Millwheel -- TWELVE -- I Witness a Valiant Ending -- THIRTEEN -- I Run a Narrow Escape for My Life -- FOURTEEN -- I Fall in with Strange Friends -- FIFTEEN -- The Baillies of No Man's Land -- SIXTEEN -- How Three Men Held a Town in Terror -- SEVENTEEN -- Of the Fight in the Moss of Biggar -- EIGHTEEN -- Smitwood -- BOOK FOUR -- The Westlands -- ONE -- I Hear No Good in the Inn at the Fords O' Clyde -- TWO.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905048
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  5. The Gap in the Curtain
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Edinburgh

    What begins as a straightforward holiday weekend for Sir Edward Leithen in a splendid stately home in the Cotswolds soon turns into something altogether different when one of Lady Flambard's other guests, the enigmatic Professor Moe, enlists the help... mehr

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    What begins as a straightforward holiday weekend for Sir Edward Leithen in a splendid stately home in the Cotswolds soon turns into something altogether different when one of Lady Flambard's other guests, the enigmatic Professor Moe, enlists the help of Leithen and his companions in a bizarre experiment to glimpse the future. For those who take part, the consequences are dramatic and Leithen's formidable powers of reasoning are brought to the fore. Intro -- Author biography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Introduction -- Dedication page -- Contents -- 1. Whitsuntide at Flambard -- 2. Mr Arnold Tavanger -- 3. The Right Honourable David Mayot -- 4. Mr Reginald Daker -- 5. Sir Robert Goodeve -- 6. Captain Charles Ottery -- ALSO AVAILABLE FROM POLYGON BY JOHN BUCHAN.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857902382
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  6. The Blanket of the Dark
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    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Bibliography -- Title page --... mehr

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    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Bibliography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Sir Ranulphe Crewe -- Contents -- Introduction -- One - The Painted Floor -- Two - In which Peter is Introduced to Fortune -- Three - In which Peter Lurks in the Shadow -- Four - In which Peter goes Deeper into the Greenwood -- Five - The Parliament of Beggars -- Six - In which Peter Emerges into the Light -- Seven - How a Would-be King became a Fugitive -- Eight - How Peter Saw Death in the Swan Inn -- Nine - The Road to Damascus -- Ten - Of the Conclave at Little Greece -- Eleven - How Peter Came Again to Avelard -- Twelve - Of the Vision in the Snow -- Thirteen - The Unloosing of the Waters -- Fourteen - HowPeter Strove with Powers and Principalities -- Fifteen - How the Swan of Bohun Went Down -- Sixteen - How Peter Returned to the Greenwood -- Epilogue.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857904997
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    Umfang: 1 online resource (176 pages)
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  7. The Free Fishers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, Havertown

    When Anthony Lammas, minister of the Kirk and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, leaves his home town for London on business, he little imagines that within two days he will be deeply entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue. Intro -- 1.... mehr

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    When Anthony Lammas, minister of the Kirk and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, leaves his home town for London on business, he little imagines that within two days he will be deeply entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue. Intro -- 1. In Which a Young Man is Afraid of his Youth -- 2. In Which Lord Mannour Discourses -- 3. Tells of a Night Journey -- 4. In Which a Young Lover is Slighted -- 5. King's Business -- 6. In Which a Town-Clerk is Ill Received -- 7. In Which a Baronet is Discomposed -- 8. In Which the Hunter Meets the Hunted -- 9. Tells of a Dark Wood and a Dark Lady -- 10. Tells of Sunshine and the High Bent -- 11. Tells of Arrivals and Departures -- 12. Tells How a Chase Began -- 13. Of Sundry Doings on the South Road -- 14. Tells of a Veiled Champion -- 15. How a Philosopher Laid Aside his Philosophy -- 16. Tells of a Sceptic's Conversion -- 17. Tells of a Green Lamp and a Cobwebbed Room -- 18. How Sundry Gentlemen Put their Trust in Horses -- 19. Of the Meeting of Lovers and the Homegoing of Youth.

     
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    ISBN: 9780857905017
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  8. Greenmantle
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  9. Huntingtower
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
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  10. Mr. Standfast
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  11. Prester John
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  12. Salute to Adventurers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  13. The Half-Hearted
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  14. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  15. The Path of the King
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  16. The Thirty-Nine Steps
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  tredition, Hamburg

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  17. The Blanket of the Dark
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    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2018; ©2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Limited, London

    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Cover page -- Bibliography -- Title... mehr

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    Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Intro -- Cover page -- Bibliography -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Sir Ranulphe Crewe -- Contents -- Introduction -- One - The Painted Floor -- Two - In which Peter is Introduced to Fortune -- Three - In which Peter Lurks in the Shadow -- Four - In which Peter goes Deeper into the Greenwood -- Five - The Parliament of Beggars -- Six - In which Peter Emerges into the Light -- Seven - How a Would-be King became a Fugitive -- Eight - How Peter Saw Death in the Swan Inn -- Nine - The Road to Damascus -- Ten - Of the Conclave at Little Greece -- Eleven - How Peter Came Again to Avelard -- Twelve - Of the Vision in the Snow -- Thirteen - The Unloosing of the Waters -- Fourteen - HowPeter Strove with Powers and Principalities -- Fifteen - How the Swan of Bohun Went Down -- Sixteen - How Peter Returned to the Greenwood -- Epilogue.

     
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  18. Salute to Adventurers
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    In John Buchan's thrill-a-minute novel Salute to Adventurers, hero Andrew Garvald makes his way from the dreary moors of his native land to the deceptively bucolic landscape of early colonial America. Faced with adversity, danger and social scorn,... mehr

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    In John Buchan's thrill-a-minute novel Salute to Adventurers, hero Andrew Garvald makes his way from the dreary moors of his native land to the deceptively bucolic landscape of early colonial America. Faced with adversity, danger and social scorn, Garvald nevertheless stands firm in his commitment to bringing fairness and order to the burgeoning colony. Will he achieve this aim and live to tell the tale?

     
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    ISBN: 9781776525966; 9781775560319
    Schlagworte: Scottish Americans ; Virginia ; Fiction; Virginia ; History ; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 ; Fiction; Glasgow (Scotland) ; Fiction; Jamestown (Va.) ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Sweet-Singers; Chapter II - Of a High-Handed Lady; Chapter III - The Canongate Tolbooth; Chapter IV - Of a Stairhead and a Sea-Captain; Chapter V - My First Coming to Virginia; Chapter VI - Tells of My Education; Chapter VII - I Become an Unpopular Character; Chapter VIII - Red Ringan; Chapter IX - Various Doings in the Savannah; Chapter X - I Hear an Old Song; Chapter XI - Gravity Out of Bed; Chapter XII - A Word at the Harbour-Side; Chapter XIII - I Stumble into a Great Folly; Chapter XIV - A Wild Wager; Chapter XV - I Gather the Clans

    Chapter XVI - The Ford of the RapidanChapter XVII - I Retrace My Steps; Chapter XVIII - Our Adventure Receives a Recruit; Chapter XIX - Clearwater Glen; Chapter XX - The Stockade Among the Pines; Chapter XXI - A Hawk Screams in the Evening; Chapter XXII - How a Fool Must Go His Own Road; Chapter XXIII - The Horn of Diarmaid Sounds; Chapter XXIV - I Suffer the Heathen's Rage; Chapter XXV - Events on the Hill-Side; Chapter XXVI - Shalah; Chapter XXVII - How I Strove All Night with the Devil; Chapter XXVIII - How Three Souls Found Their Heritage;
  19. John Burnet of Barns
    A Romance
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    In this epic tale of a family torn asunder by a long-lasting feud, renowned action-adventure author John Buchan spins an engrossing account of two cousins locked in conflict -- and the horrible toll that their bad blood begets. In the wake of the... mehr

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    In this epic tale of a family torn asunder by a long-lasting feud, renowned action-adventure author John Buchan spins an engrossing account of two cousins locked in conflict -- and the horrible toll that their bad blood begets. In the wake of the ultimate betrayal, will the Burnet clan ever be able to bridge the chasm that has been created?

     
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    Schlagworte: Betrayal ; Fiction; Inheritance and succession ; Fiction; Historical fiction; Cousins ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; BOOK I-TWEEDDALE; Chapter I - The Adventure Which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck; Chapter II - The House of Barns; Chapter III - The Spate in Tweed; Chapter IV - I Go to the College at Glasgow; Chapter V - Cousinly Affection; Chapter VI - How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and was Checkmated; Chapter VII - The Pegasus Inn at Peebles and How a Stranger Returned from the Wars; Chapter VIII - I Take Leave of My Friends; Chapter IX - I Ride Out on My Travels and Find a Companion; BOOK II-THE LOW COUNTRIES; Chapter I - Of My Voyage to the Low Countries

    Chapter II - I Visit Master Peter WishartChapter III - The Story of a Supper Party; Chapter IV - Our Adventure on the Alphen Road; Chapter V - The First Sunday of March; Chapter VI - The First Monday of March; Chapter VII - I Spend My Days in Idleness; Chapter VIII - The Coming of the Brig Seamaw; Chapter IX - An Account of My Home-Coming; BOOK III-THE HILLMEN; Chapter I - The Pier O' Leith; Chapter II - How I Rode to the South; Chapter III - The House of Dawyck; Chapter IV - How Michael Veitch Met His End; Chapter V - I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills

    Chapter VI - The Cave of the Cor WaterChapter VII - How Two of His Majesty's Servants Met with Their Deserts; Chapter VIII - Of Our Wanderings Among the Moors of Clyde; Chapter IX - I Part from Marjory; Chapter X - Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Cleuch; Chapter XI - How a Miller Strove with His Own Mill-Wheel; Chapter XII - I Witness a Valiant Ending; Chapter XIII - I Run a Narrow Escape for My Life; Chapter XIV - I Fall in with Strange Friends; Chapter XV - The Baillies of No Man's Land; Chapter XVI - How Three Men Held a Town in Terror

    Chapter XVII - Of the Fight in the Moss of BiggarChapter XVIII - Smitwood; BOOK IV-THE WESTLANDS; Chapter I - I Hear No Good in the Inn at the Fords O' Clyde; Chapter II - An Old Journey with a New Errand; Chapter III - The House with the Chipped Gables; Chapter IV - Up Hill and Down Dale; Chapter V - Eaglesham; Chapter VI - I Make My Peace with Gilbert Burnet; Chapter VII - Of a Voice in the Eventide; Chapter VIII - How Nicol Plenderleith Sought His Fortune Elsewhere; Chapter IX - The End of All Things
  20. Huntingtower
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    To celebrate his retirement, mild-mannered grocer Dickson McCunn has planned a walking tour of the Scottish countryside. However, the journey that starts out as a bucolic gambol soon spirals into a remarkable -- and endlessly entertaining -- series... mehr

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    To celebrate his retirement, mild-mannered grocer Dickson McCunn has planned a walking tour of the Scottish countryside. However, the journey that starts out as a bucolic gambol soon spirals into a remarkable -- and endlessly entertaining -- series of mishaps and misadventures, including a harebrained scheme to abduct and ransom a Russian princess. Will McCunn make it back from his holiday in one piece?

     
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    Schlagworte: McCunn, Dickson (Fictitious character) ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; Prologue; Chapter I - How a Retired Provision Merchant Felt the Impulse of Spring; Chapter II - Of Mr. John Heritage and the Difference in Points of View; Chapter III - How Childe Roland and Another Came to the Dark Tower; Chapter IV - Dougal; Chapter V - Of the Princess in the Tower; Chapter VI - How Mr. McCunn Departed with Relief and Returned with Resolution; Chapter VII - Sundry Doings in the Mirk; Chapter VIII - How a Middle-Aged Crusader Accepted a Challenge; Chapter IX - The First Battle of the Cruives; Chapter X - Deals with an Escape and a Journey

    Chapter XI - Gravity Out of BedChapter XII - How Mr. McCunn Committed an Assault Upon an Ally; Chapter XIII - The Coming of the Danish Brig; Chapter XIV - The Second Battle of the Cruives; Chapter XV - The Gorbals Die-Hards Go into Action; Chapter XVI - In Which a Princess Leaves a Dark Tower and a Provision Merchant Returns to His Family
  21. Prester John
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Fans of H. Rider Haggard's action-adventure novels will be swept away by John Buchan's Prester John, a thrill-a-minute tale set in colonial Africa. Young David Crawfurd travels to Africa to make a quick buck as a merchant, but the ambitious... mehr

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    Fans of H. Rider Haggard's action-adventure novels will be swept away by John Buchan's Prester John, a thrill-a-minute tale set in colonial Africa. Young David Crawfurd travels to Africa to make a quick buck as a merchant, but the ambitious entrepreneur soon finds himself caught in the middle of an uprising -- and under the sway of a charismatic rebel leader with a mysterious past

     
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    ISBN: 9781776525928; 9781775561163
    Schlagworte: Zulu (African people) ; Fiction; Clergy ; South Africa ; Fiction; Scots ; South Africa ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Man on the Kirkcaple Shore; Chapter II - Furth! Fortune!; Chapter III - Blaauwildebeestefontein; Chapter IV - My Journey to the Winter-Veld; Chapter V - Mr Wardlaw Has a Premonition; Chapter VI - The Drums Beat at Sunset; Chapter VII - Captain Arcoll Tells a Tale; Chapter VIII - I Fall in Again with the Reverend John Laputa; Chapter IX - The Store at Umvelos'; Chapter X - I Go Treasure-Hunting; Chapter XI - The Cave of the Rooirand; Chapter XII - Captain Arcoll Sends a Message; Chapter XIII - The Drift of the Letaba

    Chapter XIV - I Carry the Collar of Prester JohnChapter XV - Morning in the Berg; Chapter XVI - Inanda's Kraal; Chapter XVII - A Deal and its Consequences; Chapter XVIII - How a Man May Sometimes Put His Trust in a Horse; Chapter XIX - Arcoll's Shepherding; Chapter XX - My Last Sight of the Reverend John Laputa; Chapter XXI - I Climb the Crags a Second Time; Chapter XXII - A Great Peril and a Great Salvation; Chapter XXIII - My Uncle's Gift is Many Times Multiplied; Endnotes
  22. The Half-Hearted
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Many of the aristocrats profiled in John Buchan's novel The Half-Hearted are beset with crippling doubts about their own lifestyles and characters. Protagonist Lewis Haystoun is disgusted with his own inability to take a decisive stand on any issue... mehr

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    Many of the aristocrats profiled in John Buchan's novel The Half-Hearted are beset with crippling doubts about their own lifestyles and characters. Protagonist Lewis Haystoun is disgusted with his own inability to take a decisive stand on any issue of significance, and sets about to cure himself by undertaking a life-or-death campaign halfway around the world. This crowd-pleasing novel has something for everyone: romance, derring-do, and plenty of action and adventure

     
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    ISBN: 9781776525911; 9781775561170
    Schlagworte: Romance fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; PART I; Chapter I - Evening in Glenavelin; Chapter II - Lady Manorwater's Guests; Chapter III - Upland Waters; Chapter IV - Afternoon in a Garden; Chapter V - A Conference of the Powers; Chapter VI - Pastoral; Chapter VII - The Makers of Empire; Chapter VIII - Mr. Wratislaw's Advent; Chapter IX - The Episodes of a Day; Chapter X - Home Truths; Chapter XI - The Pride Before a Fall; Chapter XII - Pastoral and Tragedy; Chapter XIII - The Pleasures of a Conscience; Chapter XIV - A Gentleman in Straits; Chapter XV - The Nemesis of a Coward; Chapter XVI - A Movement of the Powers

    Chapter XVII - The Brink of the RubiconChapter XVIII - The Further Brink; Chapter XIX - The Bridge of Broken Hearts; PART II; Chapter XX - The Eastern Road; Chapter XXI - In the Heart of the Hills; Chapter XXII - The Outposts; Chapter XXIII - The Dinner at Galetti's; Chapter XXIV - The Tactics of a Chief; Chapter XXV - Mrs. Logan's Ball; Chapter XXVI - Friend to Friend; Chapter XXVII - The Road to Forza; Chapter XXVIII - The Hill-Fort; Chapter XXIX - The Way to Nazri; Chapter XXX - Evening in the Hills; Chapter XXXI - Events South of the Border; Chapter XXXII - The Blessing of Gad
  23. The Path of the King
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Best known for penning the spy thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps, author and politician John Buchan produced dozens of fiction and non-fiction works over the course of his career. The Path of the King is a sprawling epic that takes the reader on a trip... mehr

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    Best known for penning the spy thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps, author and politician John Buchan produced dozens of fiction and non-fiction works over the course of his career. The Path of the King is a sprawling epic that takes the reader on a trip through the lives of centuries' worth of kings and leaders, beginning in ancient times and ending with a surprising twist in nineteenth-century America. Fans of fast-paced historical fiction will love this inventive novel

     
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    ISBN: 9781776525904; 9781775561187
    Schlagworte: Kings and rulers ; Fiction; War stories; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 - Hightown Under Sunfell; Chapter 2 - The Englishman; Chapter 3 - The Wife of Flanders; Chapter 4 - Eyes of Youth; Chapter 5 - The Maid; Chapter 6 - The Wood of Life; Chapter 7 - Eaucourt by the Waters; Chapter 8 - The Hidden City; Chapter 9 - The Regicide; Chapter 10 - The Marplot; Chapter 11 - The Lit Chamber; Chapter 12 - In the Dark Land; Chapter 13 - The Last Stage; Chapter 14 - The End of the Road; Epilogue
  24. John Burnet of Barns
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery,... mehr

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    Tells the story of two young noblemen - John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery, betrayal and a desperate struggle for survival

     
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    ISBN: 9781846970733
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    John Burnet of Barns; Introduction; BOOK ONE; Tweeddale; ONE; The Adventure which Befell Me in the Wood of Dawyck; TWO; The House of Barns; THREE; The Spate in Tweed; FOUR; I Go to the College at Glasgow; FIVE; Cousinly Affection; SIX; How Master Gilbert Burnet Played a Game and was Checkmated; SEVEN; The 'Pegasus' Inn at Peebles and how a Stranger Returned from the Wars; EIGHT; I Take Leave of My Friends; NINE; I Ride Out on My Travels and Find a Companion; BOOK TWO; The Low Countries; ONE; Of My Voyage to the Low Countries; TWO; I Visit Master Peter Wishart; THREE

    The Story of a Supper PartyFOUR; Our Adventure on the Alphen Road; FIVE; The First Sunday of March; SIX; The First Monday of March; SEVEN; I Spend My Days in Idleness; EIGHT; The Coming of the Brig Seamaw; NINE; An Account of My Homecoming; BOOK THREE; The Hillmen; ONE; The Pier o' Leith; TWO; How I Rode to the South; THREE; The House of Dawyck; FOUR; How Michael Veitch Met His End; FIVE; I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills; SIX; The Cave of the Cor Water; SEVEN; How Two of His Majesty's Servants Met with Their Deserts; EIGHT; Of Our Wanderings among the Moors of Clyde; NINE

    I Part from MarjoryTEN; Of the Man with the One Eye and the Encounter in the Green Clench; ELEVEN; How a Miller Strove with His Own Millwheel; TWELVE; I Witness a Valiant Ending; THIRTEEN; I Run a Narrow Escape for My Life; FOURTEEN; I Fall in with Strange Friends; FIFTEEN; The Baillies of No Man's Land; SIXTEEN; How Three Men Held a Town in Terror; SEVENTEEN; Of the Fight in the Moss of Biggar; EIGHTEEN; Smitwood; BOOK FOUR; The Westlands; ONE; I Hear No Good in the Inn at the Fords O' Clyde; TWO; An Old Journey with a New Errand; THREE; The House with the Chipped Gables; FOUR

    Up Hill and Down DaleFIVE; Eaglesham; SIX; I Make My Peace with Gilbert Burnet; SEVEN; Of a Voice in the Eventide; EIGHT; How Nicol Plenderleith Sought His Fortune Elsewhere; NINE; The End of All Things;
  25. A Lost Lady of Old Years
    Autor*in: Buchan, John
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Birlinn, Edinburgh

    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor mehr

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    Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until a chance encounter with Bonnie Prince Charlie's beautiful secretary leads to dangerous consequences. A tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor

     
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    ISBN: 9781846972034
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    A Lost Lady of Old Years; Introduction; BOOK I; ONE; The Birkenshaws of that Ilk and their Fortunes; TWO; How Mr. Francis Birkenshaw Departed his Native City; THREE; Forth and Tweed; FOUR; A Journey in Late Summer; FIVE; The Portrait of a Lady; SIX; On the Edinburgh Highway; SEVEN; Of a Lady on a Grey Horse; BOOK II; EIGHT; The Journey to the North; NINE; My Lord of Lovat; TEN; Waste Places; ELEVEN; The Prince's Cabinet of War; TWELVE; After Culloden; THIRTEEN; Crabbed Age and Youth; FOURTEEN; How Mr. Francis Came to the Lowlands Once More; BOOK III; FIFTEEN; The House of Broughton; SIXTEEN

    A Council of HonourSEVENTEEN; A Journey to the South; EIGHTEEN; Of an Interview in an Unlikely Place; NINETEEN; The Last of the Secretary; TWENTY; The Death of the Lord Lovat; TWENTY-ONE; The Temptation of Mr. Francis; TWENTY-TWO; A Long Leave-taking; TWENTY-THREE; In the Nature of a Postscript;