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Die Handlung spielt zur Zeit des Jakobitenaufstandes von 1745, als eine Armee schottischer Hochländer, die Charles Stuart auf den englischen Thron setzen wollte, bis nach Süden in England vordrang. Der Prinz, auch bekannt als "Bonnie Prince Charlie", der Enkel des gestürzten Königs James II., benötigte Männer und Geld von englischen Sympathisanten der Jakobiten, den Landbesitzern in den westlichen Grafschaften und Wales. Alastair Maclean, einer der treuesten Anhänger des Prinzen, wird in geheimer Mission hingeschickt. Dabei befreundet er sich mit einem aufstrebenden Literaten, und schattenhaften Gestalt, die nur als "Midwinter" bekannt ist. Midwinter ist eine lebendige historische Abenteuergeschichte und der Leser fragt sich, ob eine Entscheidung von Alistair nicht den Lauf der Geschichte geändert hat.

I sat and thought for a bit, for the name "Bullivant' carried me back eighteen months to the hot summer before the war. I had not seen the man since, though I had read about him in the papers. For more than a year I had been a busy battalion officer, with no other thought than to hammer a lot of raw stuff into good soldiers. I had succeeded pretty well, and there was no prouder man on earth than Richard Hannay when he took his Lennox Highlanders over the parapets on that glorious and bloody 25th day of September. Loos was no picnic, and we had had some ugly bits of scrapping before that, but the worst bit of the campaign I had seen was a tea-party to the show I had been in with Bullivant before the war started. Major Hannay's narrative of this affair has been published under the title of The Thirty-nine Steps. The sight of his name on a telegram form seemed to change all my outlook on life. I had been hoping for the command of the battalion, and looking forward to being in at the finish with Brother Boche. But this message jerked my thoughts on to a new road. There might be other things in the war than straightforward fighting. Why on earth should the Foreign Office want to see an obscure Major of the New Army, and want to see him in double quick time?

Den 1. verdenskrig raser i Europa, og fronten er i ferd med å bre seg. Tyskland har alliert seg med Tyrkia, og søker støtte i hele den muslimske verden. Får de det, vil Storbritannia falle. Major Richard Hannay blir bedt om å finne ut mest mulig om konspirasjonen, og reiser gjennom et Europa i flammer på let etter svar. I hjertet av Tyskland kommer han på sporet. Den muslimske verden lengter etter en profet som kan samle dem under ett sverd, og den tyske keiseren har tenkt å gi dem den rette mannen. Hannay må tråle seg gjennom det krigsherjede Sentral-Europa til Konstantinopel, der hans lojale menn møter ham. Deres mål er å hindre at profetens hjemkomst setter fyr på hele verden.

The quintessential man-on-the-run tale starring Richard Hannay as the resourceful engineer, exploiting the complacency of his enemies and using every tool of espionage and charm in the defence of King and country.

Sir Quixote of the Moors is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

John Buchan's 1932 novel The Gap in the Curtain was his last full-length work devoted to exploring a supernatural theme: if you were able to see one year into the future, what would you do with that foreknowledge? And what would it do to you?

The Power-House is a novel by John Buchan, a thriller set in London, England. It was written in 1913, when it was serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, and it was published in book form in 1916. The narrator is the barrister and Tory MP Edward Leithen, who features in a number of Buchan's novels. The urban setting contrasts with that of its sequel, John Macnab, which is set in the Scottish Highlands. The Power-House of the title is an international anarchist organization led by a rich Englishman named Andrew Lumley. Its plan to destroy Western civilisation is thwarted by Leithen with the assistance of a burly Labour MP.

The hero of the adventure trilogy is an affluent grocer Dickson McCunn, who has sold his business and taken early retirement. As soon as he ventures out to explore the world, he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced to become a reluctant hero. He is formidable and dangerous partly because he seems unremarkable and ordinary, and friends and enemies alike are taken by surprise when he acts boldly. Content: ΓÇó Huntingtower: The story revolves around the imprisonment under false pretenses by Bolshevik agents of an exiled Russian noblewoman. The Scottish local community mobilises to uncover and thwart the conspiracy against her, and to defend the neutrality of Scotland against the Russian revolutionary struggle. A plot based on espionage and covert violence is set against the seemingly tranquil Scottish rural backdrop ΓÇó Castle Gay: The Evallonians from a fictional Central European country visit south west Scotland on a secret mission. The Nail-Biting Suspense story about the mistaken identity, kidnapping plot and threatening Communists, all centering at the castle of a rich newspaper magnate... ΓÇó The House of the Four Winds: The novel is set in the fictional Central European country of Evallonia in the early 1930s. It concerns the involvement of some Scottish visitors in the overthrow of a corrupt republic and the restoration of the monarchy... ΓÇó John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada''s Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers and it is for these that he is now best remembered.

"The Wind in the Portico" - a man decks up his house with remnants of pagan temples and gods but himself starts performing horrific ancient rituals... "The Green Wildebeest" - a man is cursed when he desecrates a sacred African grove... "No-man''s-land" - a man comes face-to-face with a beast in wilderness who hunts cattle and murders people... "The Watcher by the Threshold" - An unmentionable creature piggybacks a man from his near-death experience... "Space" - A brilliant mathematician theorizes the existence of a new dimension but it is not uninhabited, something lurks there... "Tendebaunt Manus" - war affects two brothers, kills one and changes another... "Witch Wood" - ancient Scottish witchcraft practices make a comeback and must be stopped before more lives are endangered. "A Journey of Little Profit" - a shepherd is transformed into a nice person but why and how? "The Outgoing of the Tide" - jealousy and witchcraft never go well for anyone! "The Grove of Ashtaroth" - a home in African wilderness with an ancient temple in its vicinity affects its new occupant... "Basilissa" - a curious nightmare leads to a deadly countdown or is it a warning? "Fullcircle" - a haunted new-house and a doomed family ... "Magic-Walking Stick" - an old man gives Bill an enchanted walking-stick... "Skule Skerry" - an island for migratory birds attracts other unnatural creatures as well... "The Strange Adventure of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn" - after his disappearance, Hawthorne returns to narrate what happened to him... John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada''s Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies.

After the War, Major-General Sir Richard Hannay is married to Mary and living peacefully in the Cotswolds, when he receives a request to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of the children of three prominent people. Given nothing to go on but a few mysterious clues, Hannay, assisted by friends like Sandy Arbuthnot, must track down the dastardly villains behind the plot before it''s too late... John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canada''s Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers and it is for these that he is now best remembered. "That evening, I remember, as I came up through the Mill Meadow, I was feeling peculiarly happy and contented. It was still mid-March, one of those spring days when noon is like May, and only the cold pearly haze at sunset warns a man that he is not done with winter." (The Three Hostages)