Questions tagged [john-buchan]
For questions about the Scottish novelist John Buchan (1875–1940) and his works. He is most notably known for his novel, "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915). Questions regarding his novels should be tagged with the name of that work.
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What does "The Kaf" mean in Greenmantle?
In John Buchan's Greenmantle, Hannay, a British officer, is on a secret mission in Turkey during the First World War. Britain sent him there because it suspects that Germany is planning a religious ...
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Can someone be taken into favour of another {then} brought to the notice of them?
In Greenmantle, by John Buchan, Hannay, a British officer, was on a secret mission in Turkey during First World War, and Britain send him there because it suspects that Germany is planning for a ...
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"followed a science and gone through it" in Greenmantle?
In Greenmantle, by John Buchan, Hannay, a British officer, was on a secret mission in Turkey during First World War. Now he's asked by a German woman why he come to Turkey:
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What does the mention of Israel suggest here in Greenmantle?
In Greenmantle, by John Buchan, the British officer Richard Hannay was on a secret mission in Turkey during First World War, and he was attending a party including Enver Pasha, a prominant Turkish ...
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How can someone be of two nationalities during the First World War?
In Greenmantle, by John Buchan, an American man, John S. Blenkiron, was on a secret mission in Turkey during the First World War. He blended in with some of his enemies there and was convincing them ...
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Meaning of "The Keeper of Cademuir" by John Buchan
"The Keeper of Cademuir" is usually collected as one of John Buchan’s supernatural stories. A keeper of hunting grounds gets his hand caught in a poacher’s trap, is unable to get help, and ...
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What do "Joggleberry", "celestial limit" and "pink penultimate" mean in "The Power-House"?
I have a question about a passage in The Power-House by John Buchan. In Chapter 1, "Beginning of the Wild-Goose Chase", Tommy Deloraine says to Leithen, the narrator:
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What does "a stroke a hole" refer to in "The Thirty-Nine Steps"?
I have a question about a passage in The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. In Chapter 10, "Various Parties Converging on the Sea", Richard Hannay watches two people playing tennis, after ...
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What do "Free Trader" and "Protection in the Colonies" refer to in "The Thirty-Nine Steps"?
I have a question about a passage in The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan. In Chapter 4, "The adventure of the radical candidate", Richard Hannay meets Sir Harry, who says:
“Now you’ve got ...
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Was the assassination plot in The Thirty-Nine Steps based on any real plot?
In John Buchan's famous short novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, much of the plot (ha) revolves around a German plot to assassinate the Greek Premier, which is thwarted by the story's hero. All this happens ...
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