The Three Hostages

by John Buchan

Overview

England is at peace after the end of World War I. Spy-catcher, Richard Hannay, is enjoying the country life at Fosse Manor. However, Hannay's peace is shattered when a dangerous criminal gang kidnap three children of important national figures. The deadline for searching for the hostages is midsummer. Hannay joins forces with Sandy Arbuthnot to face this most difficult enemy whose speciality is hypnotism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783962725266
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	10/17/2018
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	275
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir; (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. After a brief legal career, Buchan simultaneously began his writing career and his political and diplomatic careers, serving as a private secretary to the colonial administrator of various colonies in southern Africa. He eventually wrote propaganda for the British war effort in the First World War. (Wikipedia)

Table of Contents

1	Doctor Greenslade Theorizes	1
2	I Hear of the Three Hostages	12
3	Researches in the Subconscious	30
4	I Make the Acquaintance of a Popular Man	44
5	The Thursday Club	60
6	The House in Gospel Oak	76
7	Some Experiences of a Disciple	93
8	The Blind Spinner	107
9	I am Introduced to Strong Magic	120
10	Confidences at a Wayside Inn	134
11	How a German Engineer Found Strange Fishing	151
12	I Return to Servitude	167
13	I Visit the Fields of Eden	179
14	Sir Archibald Roylance Puts His Foot In It	198
15	How a French Nobleman Discovered Fear	212
16	Our Time is Narrowed	223
17	The District-Visitor in Palmyra Square	238
18	The Night of the First of June	247
19	The Night of the First of June - Later	264
20	Machray	282
21	How I Stalked Wilder Game Than Deer	296

Editorial Reviews

For his time, Buchan defined the spy story formula

The New Criterion

Don't forget John Buchan ... very much a writer for our troubled times

The Catholic Herald