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John Burnet of Barns

John Buchan

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Peace, Gilbert," he said. "I will not have my son spoken thus of in my own house. He has as much spirit as you, I'll warrant, though he is less fond of blowing his own trumpet." I saw with annoyance that my father plainly thought my conduct cowardly, and would have been better pleased had I struck my cousin then and there. But I knew how cruelly excited he would be by the matter, and, in his weakness, I feared the result. Also, the man was our guest, and my cousin.

When we rose from supper I assisted my father in walking to his chair by the fire; for, though the weather was mild and spring-like, his blood was so impoverished that he felt the cold keenly. Then my cousin and myself strolled out of doors to the green lawn, below which Tweed ran low and silvery clear. I felt anger against him, yet not so much as I would have felt towards another man, had he used the same words; for I knew Gilbert to be of an absurd boasting nature, which made h. . . Read More

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AVOID! This is the first John Buchan book I have ever read which I did not really enjoy. The chauvanistic and entitled attitude of the main character were terrible to read, and I'm afraid if I'd read this book first I would have a terrible view of John Buchan as someone who believed that poor people

Before reading this, I expected something resembling Ridley Scott's The Duellists or The Last Duel. I expected a dark, oppressive novel that dug deep into two rivals' psyches during their repeated encounters. This... isn't quite that. But it combines that basic idea with a more traditional yarn that

I chose this novel to set the mood for a possible trip to Scotland. It was written by the Scottish novelist John Buchan who wrote Thirty Nine Steps upon which the Hitchcock movie was based. Buchan wrote thriller, spy, and historical novels as well as biographies. He was an active man, for besides wr

This was Buchan's first book, as I worked my way through my mother's treasured collection. Buchan claimed to be ashamed of the work, but it chugged along merrily in a fluffy historical fashion. The hero is an interesting mix of action man and scholar, the heroine is very girly and the villain is a n

Its a long time since I've read a John Buchan novel, and this is one I hadn't read before. I'd forgotten what a great stoyteller he was. This is a classic Scottish adventure story set in the late 1600s at the time of the Covenanters, of John Burnet's fight to clear his name and win back his lady. Gr

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