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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL (/ ˈbʌxən /; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), was a Scottish novelist, historian, biographer and editor. Outside the field of literature he was, at various times, a barrister, a publisher, a lieutenant colonel in the Intelligence Corps, the Director of Information—reporting directly to prime minister David Lloyd George —during the First ...
Aug 22, 2024 · Learn about the life and works of John Buchan, a Scottish novelist and statesman who wrote adventure stories and biographies. He was also the governor-general of Canada and the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Apr 19, 2019 · While the spy thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps has been the stuff of legend since its publication in 1915 — especially after the Hitchcock film of 1935 — the life of its author, John Buchan,...
John Buchan was a Scottish novelist, politician, and Governor General of Canada. He wrote adventure novels such as The Thirty-Nine Steps, and was involved in espionage, diplomacy, and literary endeavors.
The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
