Selected Works of John Buchan: Prester John, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages, The Courts of the Morning, The Island of Sheep and other

John Buchan combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life.

Buchan wrote superb action novels, including the spy-catching adventures of Richard Hannay.

Buchan wrote superb action novels, including the spy-catching adventures of Richard Hannay, whose exploits are described in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr. Standfast, The Three Hostages, and The Island of Sheep.

Apart from Hannay, Buchan created two other leading characters in Dickson McCunn, the shrewd retired grocer who appears in Huntingtower, Castle Gay, and The House of the Four Winds; and the lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, who features in the The Power-House, John Macnab, The Dancing Floor, The Gap in the Curtain and Sick Heart River.

During Buchan’s last years he was still productive as a writer, and published notable historical biographies, such as Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, and Cromwell.

RICHARD HANNAY STORIES

 THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS

 GREENMANTLE

 MR. STANDFAST

 THE THREE HOSTAGES

 THE COURTS OF THE MORNING

 THE ISLAND OF SHEEP

LEITHEN STORIES

 THE POWER-HOUSE

 JOHN MACNAB

 THE DANCING FLOOR

 THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN

 SICK HEART RIVER

DICKSON MCCUNN AND THE 'GORBALS DIE-HARDS'

 HUNTINGTOWER

 CASTLE GAY

 THE HOUSE OF THE FOUR WINDS

NOVELS

 SIR QUIXOTE OF THE MOORS

 JOHN BURNET OF BARNS

 WITCH WOOD

 THE BLANKET OF THE DARK

 THE FREE FISHERS

 THE HALF-HEARTED

 A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS

 A LOST LADY OF OLD YEARS

 THE PATH OF THE KING

 PRESTER JOHN

 SALUTE TO ADVENTURERS