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John Buchan, 1 er baron Tweedsmuir d'Elsfield, est un homme d'État britannique né le 26 août 1875 à Perth et mort le 11 février 1940 à Montréal . Il a été le quinzième gouverneur général du Canada , de 1935 à 1940 . Également avocat , il est surtout connu comme éditeur et auteur de romans d'espionnage , dont le plus célèbre demeure Les 39 Marches ( The Thirty-Nine Steps ...
I trentanove scalini (in lingua inglese The Thirty-Nine Steps) è un romanzo dello scrittore scozzese John Buchan.Apparso a puntate nel 1915 e pubblicato nel medesimo anno, il romanzo mescola il thriller, lo spionaggio e l'avventura: è il primo di 5 libri con protagonista Richard Hannay, ingegnere, soldato e agente segreto.
As well as a writer John Buchan was a published historian, lawyer, editor, war correspondent, government administrator, MP and director of a successful publishing house. He was born, the first son ...
The Path of the King John Buchan 141 downloads. The Watcher by the Threshold John Buchan 127 downloads. The African Colony: Studies in the Reconstruction John Buchan 121 downloads. Days to Remember: The British Empire in the Great War John Buchan and Sir Henry John Newbolt 118 downloads. The Half-Hearted John Buchan 103 downloads.
The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.It was serialized in All-Story Weekly issues of 5 and 12 June 1915, and in Blackwood's Magazine (credited to "H. de V.") between July and September 1915, before being published in book form in October of that year.
Buchan, John nell'Enciclopedia Treccani - Treccani - Treccani. Lavora con noi. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Scrittore e uomo politico scozzese (Perth 1875 - Montreal 1940). Nel 1907, socio della casa editrice Th. Nelson and Sons, poi direttore dell'Agenzia Reuter. Nel 1935 fu nominato governatore generale del Canada e creato Lord Tweedsmuir.
Zudem war John Buchan ab 1918 als Jurymitglied im Komitee der Vergabe des Hawthornden-Preises tätig, dem ältesten Literaturpreis in Großbritannien. [1] [2] Im Jahr 1927 wurde er zum Parlamentsabgeordneten der schottischen Konservativen gewählt. 1934/35 vertrat Buchan als Lord High Commissioner den Monarchen bei der Generalsynode der Church of Scotland .
